Cultivation of Bartonella henselae in an Ixodes ricinus cell line to assess this tick as a potential reservoir of the bacterium
Violetta Zając
Department of Health Biohazards and Parasitology, Institute of Rural HealthLublin, Poland
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, Jacek Sroka
Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Bee Diseases and Aquatic Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research InstitutePuławy, Poland
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, Ewa Bilska-Zając
Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Bee Diseases and Aquatic Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research InstitutePuławy, Poland
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and Angelina Wójcik-Fatla
Department of Health Biohazards and Parasitology, Institute of Rural HealthLublin, Poland
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Aug 31, 2025
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Published Online: Aug 31, 2025
Received: Jan 31, 2025
Accepted: Aug 27, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2025-0045
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Zając, Violetta
Department of Health Biohazards and Parasitology, Institute of Rural HealthLublin, Poland
Sroka, Jacek
Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Bee Diseases and Aquatic Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research InstitutePuławy, Poland
Bilska-Zając, Ewa
Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Bee Diseases and Aquatic Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research InstitutePuławy, Poland
Wójcik-Fatla, Angelina
Department of Health Biohazards and Parasitology, Institute of Rural HealthLublin, Poland