Large-Scale Survey for Tickborne Bacteria, Khammouan Province, Laos.

ABSTRACT: We screened 768 tick pools containing 6,962 ticks from Khammouan Province, Laos, by using quantitative real-time PCR and identified Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia spp., and Borrelia spp. Sequencing of Rickettsia spp.-positive and Borrelia spp.-positive pools provided evidence for distinct genotypes. Our results identified bacteria with human disease potential in ticks in Laos.

SUBMITTER: Taylor AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4994350 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature