title: [PCR identification of DNA of hosts of the taiga tick nymphs (Ixodes persulcatus: Ixodinae) in St. Petersburg and its suburbs].
abstract: PCR identification of host DNA in unfed females and males of taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus was performed. Amplification of each sample was done using primers species-specific by 12S rDNA mitochondrial gene. Four species of small mammals (Apodemus uralensis, Clethrionomys glareolus, Microtus arvalis, and Sorex araneus) and two passeriform bird species (Fringilla coelebs and Parus major) were analysed. For one third of tick samples, hosts of previous stages were established using this method. In five cases, feeding on more than one host species was detected.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Grigor'eva
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Markov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D018884:Ixodes / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D009758:Nymph; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D012426:Russia
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S