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[Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi in ixodes from four counties, in North Xinjiang].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Mar 2014
Zhang Lin, Wang Yuanzhi, Chen Chuangfu, Li Yongxiang, Zhang Ke, Du Jingyun, Zhang Yali, Che Zhaotang
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify ticks and determine the Borrelia (B.) burgdorferi genotype from four counties of northern Xinjiang. METHODS: Sheep ticks were collected from 6 surveillance sites in four counties including Shihezi, Shawan,Yining and Chabuchaer. All ticks were initially screened out based on morphological methods and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. B. burgdorferi was detected and cultivated with BSK-H medium....
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