Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, within southwestern Pennsylvania.

Autor: Brown SM; University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA, U.S.A., 15904., Lehman PM; University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA, U.S.A., 15904., Kern RA; University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA, U.S.A., 15904., Henning JD; University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA, U.S.A., 15904. henning@pitt.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology [J Vector Ecol] 2015 Jun; Vol. 40 (1), pp. 180-3.
DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12148
Abstrakt: Prevalence studies of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum have been rare for ticks from southwestern Pennsylvania. We collected 325 Ixodes scapularis ticks between 2011 and 2012 from four counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. We tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum using PCR. Of the ticks collected from Pennsylvania, B. burgdorferi (causative agent of Lyme disease) was present in 114/325 (35%) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (causative agent of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis) was present in 48/325 (15%) as determined by PCR analysis.
(© 2015 The Society for Vector Ecology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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