Piesman J, Stone B F
Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Ft Collins, CO 80522.
Int J Parasitol. 1991 Feb;21(1):109-11. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(91)90127-s.
Clinical and serologic evidence of Lyme disease in Australia, including the typical rash, erythema migrans, has been reported. The vector tick transmitting Borrelia burgdorferi in Australia, however, has not been determined. The Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, is a logical candidate vector of the Lyme disease spirochete in Australia; therefore, we tested the ability of I. holocyclus to acquire and maintain a North American isolate of B. burgdorferi. Larval I. holocyclus ingested spirochetes, but none of 84 derived nymphs were infected. These experiments should be repeated with Australian strains of spirochetes.
澳大利亚已报告莱姆病的临床和血清学证据，包括典型皮疹游走性红斑。然而，在澳大利亚传播伯氏疏螺旋体的媒介蜱尚未确定。澳大利亚麻痹蜱，全环硬蜱，是澳大利亚莱姆病螺旋体的一个合理候选媒介；因此，我们测试了全环硬蜱获取和维持北美伯氏疏螺旋体分离株的能力。全环硬蜱幼虫摄取了螺旋体，但84只发育而来的若虫均未被感染。这些实验应以澳大利亚螺旋体菌株重复进行。
