Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1991 · 15 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyInfectious Disease PathologyMedical EntomologyLyme DiseaseRickettsial DiseasesTick BiologyTick-borne DiseasesAdult PrevalenceBorrelia Burgdorferi InfectionImmunofluorescence AssaysImmunofluorescence DiagnosisIndirect Immunofluorescence AssayLyme Disease EpidemiologyTick-borne Disease InvestigationVector Infection Rates
To seize the prevalence of B. burgdorferi in Nagano Prefecture, we examined I. persulcatus and I. ovatus ticks for spirochetal infection in 1990. The ticks swept at 20 sites were tested by culturing their midgut tissues or by an indirect immunofluorescence assay using the monoclonal antibody, H5332. The spirochete was detected in the ticks from 18 sites. The infection rates for the adult ticks of I. persulcatus and I. ovatus were 21.3% (68/319) and 25.1% (76/303), respectively. Such the high prevalence of the spirochete in the tick vectors was comparable to that in the Western Europe.