title: Severe tick infestation in a hare and potential risk for transmitting pathogens to humans.
abstract: Severe tick infestation was found in a hare in a suburban area of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. We sampled ticks and identified them based on their morphologic characteristics. Three species, Ixodes sinensis, which is commonly found in China and can experimentally transmit Borrelia burgdorferi, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, and Haemaphysalis longicornis which can transmit Lyme disease were detected with an optical microscope and a stereomicroscope. Risk of spreading ticks from suburban to urban areas exists due to human transportation and travel between the infested and non-infested areas around Nanchang.
authors.affiliation: Nangchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang 330038, China. zhengweiqing2001@163.com
authors.forename: Weiqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xuejian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Renlong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000145:classification* / Q000382:microbiology; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000502:physiology; D002681:China; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D034621:Hares / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000382:microbiology; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*