Lyme-like pathogen found in Australian tick
4th July 2015
By Clare Pain
Bacteria from the Borrelia genus, which includes the organism that causes Lyme disease, have been discovered in an Australian paralysis tick.
The tick, Ixodes holocyclus, found on an echidna, contains a species of Borrelia very closely related to the Borrelia species B.duttoni, B.recurrentis , B.parkeri and