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Severe Tick Infestation in a Hare and Potential Risk for Transmitting Pathogens to Humans

Severe tick infestation was found in a hare in a suburban area of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. We sampled ticks and identified them based on their morphologic characteristics. Three species, Ixodes sinensis, which is commonly found in China and can experimentally transmit Borrelia burgdorferi,...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Weiqing, Chen, Haiying, Liu, Xiaoqing, Guo, Xuejian, Fu, Renlong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22355211
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.419