Walk Seth T, Xu Guang, Stull Jason W, Rich Stephen M
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):585-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1504.080940.
To assess the endemicity of tick-borne pathogens in New Hampshire, we surveyed adult tick vectors. Pathogens were more prevalent in areas of high tick density, suggesting a correlation between tick establishment and pathogen endemicity. Infection rates in ticks correlated with disease frequency in humans.
为评估新罕布什尔州蜱传病原体的地方性流行情况,我们对成年蜱虫媒介进行了调查。病原体在蜱虫密度高的地区更为普遍,这表明蜱虫生存与病原体地方性流行之间存在关联。蜱虫的感染率与人类疾病发生率相关。