Article
Lyme disease spirochetes in ticks from northeastern China.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 1998
Takada N, Ishiguro F, Fujita H, Wang H P, Wang J C, Masuzawa T
Abstract excerpt
During May 1996, field surveys on Lyme disease spirochetes were conducted in Beijing, Shenyang, Fushun, and Inner Mongolia in northeastern China. The ticks collected consisted of 3 genera and 12 species. Of these, Ixodes persulcatus was dominant in sun-exposed vegetation in forests in Inner Mongo...
Topics
- Animals
- Arachnid Vectors
- Bacterial Proteins
- Borrelia
- Borrelia Infections
- China
- Cricetinae
- Cricetulus
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Genotype
- Muridae
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Prevalence
- Rodent Diseases
- Rodentia
- Tick Infestations
- Ticks