| presence of pathogenic borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks and rodents in zhejiang, south-east china. | a molecular epidemiological survey was conducted to investigate the presence of pathogenic borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) 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 b. burgdorferi s.l. dna by nested pcr targeting the 5s-23s rrna intergenic spacer. forty-one ticks of four species, haemaphysalis concinna, haemaphysalis longicornis, rhipicephal ... | 2008 | 18628499 |
| coinfection with four genera of bacteria (borrelia, bartonella, anaplasma, and ehrlichia) in haemaphysalis longicornis and ixodes sinensis ticks from china. | we studied coinfection with four genera of bacteria--borrelia, bartonella, anaplasma, and ehrlichia--in ticks collected between december 2005 and november 2006 from zhejiang province and liaoning province. four hundred fifty haemaphysalis longicornis and 86 ixodes sinensis ticks were collected and divided into 236 groups. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) or nested pcr was used to detect the bacteria. the amplicons were sequenced and compared to published sequences. phylogenic analysis was perform ... | 2008 | 18637722 |