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Volume 11, Number 11—November 2005
Research

Tickborne Pathogen Detection, Western Siberia, Russia

Vera A. Rar*, Natalia V. Fomenko*, Andrey K. Dobrotvorsky†, Natalya N. Livanova†, Svetlana A. Rudakova‡, Evgeniy G. Fedorov§, Vadim B. Astanin§, and Olga V. Morozova*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia; †Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Novosibirsk, Russia; ‡Omsk Research Institute of Natural Focus Infections, Omsk, Russia; §Center of Epidemiological Control of Novosibirsk Region, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Table

Prevalence of tickborne infectious agents in ticks in Western Siberia, Russia, 2003–2004

Pathogen Prevalence (% ± SD)*
Ixodes persulcatus Dermacentor reticulatus
Borrelia spp. 37.6 ± 4.3 3.6 ± 2.0
Borrelia garinii NT29 18.4 ± 3.5 3.6 ± 2.0
B. garinii 20047 8.8 ± 2.5 0
Borrelia afzelii 8.8 ± 2.5 0
Mixed B. garinii NT29 + B. afzelii 1.6 ± 1.1 0
Anaplasma/Ehrlichia spp. 11.2 ± 2.8 0
Ehrlichia muris 8.8 ± 2.5 0
Anaplasma phagocytophilum 2.4 ± 1.4 0
Bartonella spp. 37.6 ± 4.3 21.4 ± 4.5
Babesia spp. 0 3.6 ± 2.0
Babesia canis canis 0 3.6 ± 2.0

*SD, standard deviation.

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