Study on Presence of Borrelia persica in Soft Ticks in Western Iran

• Main Authors: A Barmaki (Author), J Rafinejad (Author), H Vatandoost (Author), Z Telmadarraiy (Author), F Mohtarami (Author), SH Leghaei (Author), MA Oshaghi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A molecular survey was conducted to investigatethe presence of pathogenic Borrelia persica species caus­ing the tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in Takistan district Qazvin Province, western Iran. Methods: A number of 1021 soft ticks were collected from 31 villages including previously...