Prevalence, Diversity, and Load of Borrelia species in Ticks That Have Fed on Humans in Regions of Sweden and Åland Islands, Finland with Different Lyme Borreliosis Incidences

• Peter Wilhelmsson ,

  * E-mail: peter.wilhelmsson@liu.se

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Pontus Lindblom,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Linda Fryland,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Jan Ernerudh,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Pia Forsberg,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

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• Per-Eric Lindgren

  Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Medical Services, Department of Microbiology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden

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