Zheng Weiqing, Chen Haiying, Liu Xiaoqing, Guo Xuejian, Fu Renlong
Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang 330038, China.
Korean J Parasitol. 2011 Dec;49(4):419-22. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.419. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
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 Borrelia 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.
在中国江西省南昌市的一个郊区，一只野兔身上发现了严重的蜱虫感染。我们采集了蜱虫样本，并根据其形态特征进行鉴定。通过光学显微镜和体视显微镜检测到三种蜱虫，即中华硬蜱（在中国常见且可通过实验传播伯氏疏螺旋体）、血红扇头蜱和长角血蜱（可传播莱姆病）。由于南昌周边受感染地区和未受感染地区之间的人员交通和旅行，存在蜱虫从郊区传播到市区的风险。
