NATURAL ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM INFECTION OF TICKS AND RODENTS FROM A FOREST AREA OF JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA

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Polymerase chain reaction integrated with sequence analysis was carried out to investigate the natural Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in ticks and rodents from a forest area of Jilin Province, China. Four (4.0%) of 100 Ixodes persulcatus and 2 (0.7%) of 286 Dermacentor silvarum ticks collected by flagging vegetation were positive. Nine (8.8%) of 102 rodents were infected, as well as 2 (2.8%) of 71 I....

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