title: [An experimental study of the capacity of the rat mite Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst, 1913) to ingest, maintain and transmit Borrelia].
abstract: For the first time a possibility of the gamasina mites' O. bacoti participation in Lyme disease spirochetes' circulation has been demonstrated. It has been experimentally shown that Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. are received by O. bacoti, survive in them for at least 21 days and are transmitted to white mice through mites' bites. Mice's infestation has occurred in 23% of cases. It is suggested that other bloodsucking gamasina mites inhabiting the Lyme borreliosis reservoir rodents nests may be capable of participating in borrelia circulation in the Lyme disease endemic areas.
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Lopatina
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Vasil'eva
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Gutova
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ershova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Burakova
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Naumov
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Petrova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D051379:Mice; D008925:Mites / Q000382:microbiology*; D009758:Nymph / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial