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Volume 57, Issue 8

Presence of pathogenic in ticks and rodents in Zhejiang, south-east China Free

Abstract

A molecular epidemiological survey was conducted to investigate the presence of pathogenic () species in the forest areas of Zhejiang province, south-east China. A total of 182 ticks of 6 species and 200 rodents of 8 species were collected and individually examined for the presence of DNA by nested PCR targeting the 5S–23S rRNA intergenic spacer. Forty-one ticks of four species, , , and , were infected with , with an overall infection rate of 23 %. Sixteen rodents of four species, , , and , were positive for , with an overall prevalence of 8 %. I RFLP analysis and sequence analysis of the positive PCR products showed that spirochaetes in specimens consisted of , and -related group. Forty (98 %) of the -positive ticks were infected with and one (2 %) was infected with . Twelve (75 %) of the positive rodents were infected with and four (25 %) were infected with the spirochaete belonging to -related group.

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Keyword(s): LD, Lyme disease
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Presence of pathogenic Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato in ticks and rodents in Zhejiang, south-east China
J. Med. Microbiol. 57, 980 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47663-0
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