Varde S, Beckley J, Schwartz I
New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Jan-Mar;4(1):97-9. doi: 10.3201/eid0401.980113.
To assess the potential risk for other tick-borne diseases, we collected 100 adult Ixodes scapularis in Hunterdon County, a rapidly developing rural county in Lyme disease endemic western New Jersey. We tested the ticks by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi, Babesia microti, and the rickettsial agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Fifty-five ticks were infected with at least one of the three pathogens: 43 with B. burgdorferi, five with B. microti, and 17 with the HGE agent. Ten ticks were coinfected with two of the pathogens. The results suggest that county residents are at considerable risk for infection by a tick-borne pathogen after an I. scapularis bite.
为评估感染其他蜱传疾病的潜在风险，我们在亨特顿县采集了100只成年肩突硬蜱，该县位于新泽西州西部莱姆病流行区，是一个快速发展的乡村县。我们通过聚合酶链反应检测蜱虫是否感染伯氏疏螺旋体、微小巴贝斯虫以及人类粒细胞埃立克体病（HGE）的立克次体病原体。55只蜱虫感染了三种病原体中的至少一种：43只感染伯氏疏螺旋体，5只感染微小巴贝斯虫，17只感染HGE病原体。10只蜱虫同时感染了两种病原体。结果表明，肩突硬蜱叮咬后，该县居民有相当大的感染蜱传病原体的风险。
