1. Tick-borne Agents in Rodents, China, 2004–2006
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Lin Zhan, Wu-Chun Cao, Chen-Yi Chu, Bao-Gui Jiang, Fang Zhang, Li-Qun Fang, J. Stephen Dumler, Xiao-Ming Wu, Shu-Qing Zuo, Pan-He Zhang, Hai-Nan Huang, Qiu-Min Zhao, Na Jia, Hong Yang, Jan H. Richardus, and J. Dik F. Habbema
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum ,Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ,spotted fever group rickettsiae ,Francisella tularensis ,rodents ,coexistence ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
A total of 705 rodents from 6 provinces and autonomous regions of mainland People’s Republic of China were tested by PCRs for tick-borne agents (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, spotted fever group rickettsiae, and Francisella tularensis). Infection rates were 5.5%, 6.7%, 9.1% and 5.0%, respectively. Eighteen (2.6%) rodents of 10 species were positive for 2 or 3 agents. Sequence analysis of PCR products confirmed the presence and genotypes of detected agents. These findings demonstrate that these tick-borne agents cocirculate and that a variety of rodent species may be involved in their enzootic maintenance.
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- 2009
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