Piesman J, Hicks T C, Sinsky R J, Obiri G
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.
J Clin Microbiol. 1987 Oct;25(10):2012-3. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.10.2012-2013.1987.
Nymphal Ixodes dammini ticks, selected from a group of ticks in which 22 of 31 (71%) contained dual Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti infections, simultaneously transmitted B. burgdorferi and B. microti to 4 of 7 (57%) hamsters exposed to individual ticks.
从一组蜱虫中挑选出的若虫期达氏硬蜱,在这组蜱虫中,31只中有22只(71%)同时感染了伯氏疏螺旋体和微小巴贝斯虫,它们将伯氏疏螺旋体和微小巴贝斯虫同时传播给了7只接触单个蜱虫的仓鼠中的4只(57%)。