Tick-borne Agents in Rodents, China, 2004–2006

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%,...

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Autores principales: Zhan, Lin, Cao, Wu-Chun, Chu, Chen-Yi, Jiang, Bao-Gui, Zhang, Fang, Liu, Wei, Dumler, J. Stephen, Wu, Xiao-Ming, Zuo, Shu-Qing, Zhang, Pan-He, Huang, Hai-Nan, Zhao, Qiu-Min, Jia, Na, Yang, Hong, Richardus, Jan H., Habbema, J. Dik F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19961668
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.081141
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Sumario: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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