Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011
Letter
Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection in Ticks, China–Russia Border
Jia-Fu Jiang, Bao-Gui Jiang, Ji-Hong Yu, Wen-Yi Zhang, Hong-Wei Gao, Lin Zhan, Yi Sun, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Pan-He Zhang, Li-Qun Fang, Xiao-Ming Wu, Rong-Man Xu, and Wu-Chun Cao
Table
Anaplasma phgacytophilum infection in adult ticks from the China–Russia border, 2009*
| Haemaphysalis concinna | H. longicornis | H. japonica | Ixodes persulcatus | Dermacentor silvarum | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohe |
52°28.34′N,
123°28.56′E |
Woodland |
– |
– |
– |
2/49 |
0/6 |
2/55 (3.64) |
| Heihe |
52°28.34′N,
123°28.56′E |
Grassland |
– |
– |
– |
– |
0/76 |
0/76 |
| Jiayin |
50°14.19′N,
127°26.39′E |
Woodland |
2/36 |
– |
– |
0/13 |
0/2 |
2/51 (3.92) |
| Xunke |
49°34.26′N,
128°28.29′E |
Woodland |
0/98 |
– |
– |
0/3 |
0/70 |
0/171 |
| Luobei |
48°52.41′N,
130°03.56′E |
Woodland |
0/50 |
– |
0/19 |
0/3 |
2/103 |
2/175 (1.14) |
| Tongjiang |
47°34.54′N,
130°15.2′E |
Woodland |
0/4 |
– |
0/20 |
0/3 |
0/12 |
0/39 |
| Huyuan |
47°42.42′N,
131°28.37′E |
Woodland |
1/23 |
– |
– |
0/5 |
– |
1/28 (3.57) |
| Raohe |
48°18.05′N,
134°.20.26′E |
Woodland |
0/30 |
– |
– |
4/90 |
0/4 |
4/124 (3.22) |
| HuLin |
46°49.48′N, 133°59.11′E |
Woodland |
0/36 |
– |
– |
0/18 |
4/89 |
4/143 (2.80) |
| Mishan |
45°50.8′N, 133°09.04′E |
Woodland |
3/55 |
– |
– |
1/29 |
0/6 |
4/90 (4.44) |
| Mudanjiang |
45°16.25′N,
131°58′E |
Grassland |
4/40 |
– |
– |
8/120 |
0/40 |
12/200 (6.0) |
| Dongling |
44°31.23′N,
130°34.25′E |
Woodland |
7/261 |
– |
– |
1/48 |
0/44 |
8/353 (2.27) |
| Suifenhe |
43°53.23′N,
130°46.46′E |
Woodland | 3/28 | – | – | 2/53 | 0/4 | 5/85 (5.89) |
| Dogs |
0/52 |
2/11 |
– |
2/9 |
– |
4/72 (5.56) |
||
| Hunchun |
44°21.39′N,
130°44.3.18′E |
Woodland | 23/243 | 1/148 | – | 0/9 | 0/3 | 24/403 (5.96) |
| Goats, sheep |
0/4 |
10/356 |
– |
1/2 |
0/2 |
11/364 (3.02) |
||
| Total | 43/960 (4.48) | 13/515 (2.52) | 0/39 | 21/454 (4.63) | 6/461 (1.30) | 83/2,429 (3.42) |
*–, none identified.
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