Lyme Disease Borrelia spp. in Ticks and Rodents from Northwestern China.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Takada, Nobuhiro; Masuzawa, Toshiyuki; Ishiguro, Fubito; Fujita, Hiromi; Kudeken, Midori; Mitani, Harumi; Fukunaga, Masahito; Tsuchiya, Kimiyuki; Yano, Yasuhiro; Xiao-Hang Ma
- Source
- Applied & Environmental Microbiology. Nov2001, Vol. 67 Issue 11, p5161. 5p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 1 Map.
- Subject
- *LYME disease
*BORRELIA
- Language
- ISSN
- 0099-2240
Presents a survey of Lyme disease caused by Borrelia spp. in northwestern China. Use of an internal transcribed spacer sequence; Distribution of pathogens in the mountainous area; Confirmation on the specific relationship between Ixodes persulcatus ticks and Borrelia spp.