Severe Tick Infestation in a Hare and Potential Risk for Transmitting Pathogens to Humans
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 419-422, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
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, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, and Haemaphysalis longicornis which can transmit Lyme disease were detected with an optical microscope and a stereomicroscope. Risk of spreading ticks from suburban to urban areas exists due to human transportation and travel between the infested and non-infested areas around Nanchang.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Arachnid Vectors
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Tick Infestations
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Lyme Disease
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China
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Risk
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Fatal Outcome
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Ixodidae
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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Hares
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2011
Type:
Article