Survey of tick-borne relapsing fever borreliae in southern and southeastern Kazakhstan

Tick-borne relapsing fever group borreliae (TBRFGB) are spirochetes that cause disease in humans and animals. Little is known about the prevalence of TBRFGB infections in ticks and humans in Kazakhstan. A total of 846 ticks belonging to ten species of the family Ixodidae and three species of the fam...

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Main Authors: Yekaterina O. Ostapchuk, Akerke O. Bissenbay, Artyom V. Kuligin, Andrey V. Zhigailov, Yuliya V. Perfilyeva, Sofiya A. Kan, Anzhelika V. Lushova, Olga A. Stukolova, Zaure Z. Sayakova, Nurshat Abdolla, Andrey M. Dmitrovskiy, Akzhigit S. Mashzhan, Saltanat A. Kuatbekova, Zhaniya Dosmagambet, Zhanna Zh. Shapiyeva, Dinara A. Naizabayeva, Nailya K. Ospanbekova, Aidyn Yeszhanov, Ilyas A. Akhmetollayev, Yuriy A. Skiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X24000918