| prevalence of severe febrile and thrombocytopenic syndrome virus, anaplasma spp. and babesia microti in hard ticks (acari: ixodidae) from jiaodong peninsula, shandong province. | the presence of tick-borne pathogens and their possible coinfections were evaluated among host-seeking ticks in seven cities from jiaodong peninsula, shandong province, with specific pcr or reverse transcription-pcr tests. among 2107 ticks collected, four species of three genera were identified with haemaphysalis longicornis as predominant species, and total of 63 h. longicornis and 10 rhicephalus microplus were confirmed infected with tick-borne pathogens. these pathogens were consequently iden ... | 2017 | 28048951 |