| prevalence of borrelia miyamotoi in ixodes persulcatus in irkutsk city and its neighboring territories, russia. | adult ixodes persulcatus were collected in highly populated districts in irkutsk city, russia, and in popular recreational and professional areas in its neighboring territories. borrelia miyamotoi infection in i. persulcatus was examined using multiplex taqman-pcr targeting 16s rdna, and nested pcr and sequencing analyses targeting flab and 16s rdna. b. miyamotoi and lyme disease borrelia species were detected in 13 (infection rate, 2.9%) and 77 (17.3%) out of 445 i. persulcatus ticks, respectiv ... | 2016 | 26750571 |
| [detection of borrelia miyamotoi in ticks ixodes persulcatus from russia]. | unfed adult ixodes persulcatus ticks from five regions of russia were examined to analyze the distribution and diversity of borrelia miyamotoi. dna of b. miyamotoi was found in 1.8% of ticks from leningrad oblast, 2.9% from sverdlovsk, 4.5% from novosibirsk, 2.3% from irkutsk oblast, and 2.5% from khabarovsk krai. the molecular typing of the b. miyamotoi dna was based on the partial sequencing of the 16s rrna, p66, and glpq genes. the only genetic variant of b. miyamotoi was detected in all samp ... | 2010 | 20795483 |