Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in rodents from Gansu,northwestern China |
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Authors: | Fang Zhang Zhanwei Gong Jijun Zhang Zengjia Liu |
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Affiliation: | (1) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Lanzhou Command, PLA, 509 Dong-Gang Dong Road, Chenguan District, 730020 Lanzhou, PR, China |
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Abstract: | Background Lyme disease is a multi-organ infection disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Lyme disease was first documented in north-east China in 1986. Since then more than 20 provinces in China were confirmed the existence of nature foci of Lyme disease. In the present study, a molecular epidemiological survey was conducted to investigate the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in rodents from Gansu Province for the first time. |
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