Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticks and wild animals in the western part of Japan.

The genus Borrelia comprises arthropod-borne bacteria, which are infectious agents in vertebrates. They are mainly transmitted by ixodid or argasid ticks. In Hokkaido, Japan, Borrelia spp. were found in deer and Haemaphysalis ticks between 2011 and 2013; however, the study was limited to a particula...

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Main Authors: Kiwa Furuno, Kyunglee Lee, Yukie Itoh, Kazuo Suzuki, Kenzo Yonemitsu, Ryusei Kuwata, Hiroshi Shimoda, Masahisa Watarai, Ken Maeda, Ai Takano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5375152?pdf=render