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Tick Surveillance for Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in Hokkaido, Japan
11 Aug 2014
Abstract excerpt
During 2012-2013, a total of 4325 host-seeking adult ticks belonging to the genus Ixodes were collected from various localities of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. Tick lysates were subjected to real-time PCR assay to detect borrelial infection. The assay was designed for specific detection of the Relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi and for unspecific detection of Lyme disease-related...
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