Diversity Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in natural foci of Novosibirsk region

Abstract

PCR assays were used to test sample from Ixodes persulcatus, blood and tissues of small mammals, human blood after tick bi- tes, as well as isolates from adult ticks. It was demonstrated the presence of two Borrelia species: B. garinii and B. afzelii. Mainly DNA B. garinii NT29 were determined.

Keywords

• боррелии
• пцр
• мелкиe млекопитающиe
• ixodes persulcatus
• borrelia
• pcr
• small mammals
• ixodes persulcatus