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Severe Tick Infestation in a Hare and Potential Risk for Transmitting Pathogens to Humans

  • Zheng, Weiqing (Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Chen, Haiying (Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Liu, Xiaoqing (Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Guo, Xuejian (Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Fu, Renlong (Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Received : 2011.05.31
  • Accepted : 2011.08.10
  • Published : 2011.12.15
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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 Borreliia 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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