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| Gonçalves,Daniela Dib; Carreira,Teresa; Nunes,Mónica; Benitez,Aline; Lopes-Mori,Fabiana Maria Ruiz; Vidotto,Odilon; Freitas,Julio Cesar de; Vieira,Maria Luísa. |
| The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in ticks that feed on horses used for animal traction in rural Jataizinho, Parana, Brazil. Between February and June 2008, a total of 224 ticks was collected of which 75% were identified as Dermacentor nitens and 25% as Amblyomma cajenense. To amplify B. burgdorferi s.l. DNA, the intergenic space region (ISR) between the 5S (rrf) 23S (rrl) rRNA genes was used as targets for nested-PCR. Two ticks of the D. nitens species were positive for B. burgdorferi s.l. Both species showed a fragment of 184 bp, but the sequencing revealed 99.9% homology with the B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) strain B31. These results showed, for the first time, the presence of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ticks; Dermacentor nitens; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Equine; Rural area. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000300035 |
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