<i>Candidatus</i> Cryptoplasma Associated with Green Lizards and <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> Ticks, Slovakia, 2004–2011

Abstract

During 2004-2011, we collected green lizards and Ixodes ricinus ticks in Slovak Karst National Park in Slovakia; 90% (36/40) of lizards and 37% of ticks removed from lizards were infected with family Anaplasmataceae bacteria. Only Candidatus Cryptoplasma sp. REP (reptile) was identified in these samples. Green lizards transmit this bacterium.