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12852742

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-10
pubmed:abstractText
Our earlier studies on ticks, Ixodes ricinus have demonstrated that the north-western part of Poland is an endemic area for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and therefore sick dogs, at the time of the highest activity of ticks, should be suspected for having borreliosis. We carried out a preliminary PCR survey of the blood of 15 dogs naturally exposed on ticks for the presence of the DNA of B. burgdorferi using primers complementary to the fragment of the gene encoding 16S rRNA of the small ribosome subunit. We found 6 out of 15 dogs were infected, although 2 dogs had a lameness - the attribute of canine borreliosis were PCR-negative. Our findings suggest that the exposure to B. burgdorferi is common in dogs in the region declared an endemic area of borreliosis, and that this disease should be important to local veterinarians.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1232-1966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular evidence of the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in blood samples taken from dogs in Poland.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Szczecin University, Piastow 40B, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland. bogumila_skotarczak@sus.univ.szczecin.pl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't