Tick-borne virus an emerging health problem

  [...]people often do not realize they were bitten by a tick. According to research conducted in China, where numerous people have become infected with the virus through the ixodid ticks, the virus-carrying rate was 5.4 percent, sources said.

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Published inThe Daily Yomiuri
Main Authors Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Tomoko Koizumi, Yoneyama, Kiyohiko
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun 15.02.2013
Subjects
Arachnids
Infections
Lyme disease
Urban areas
Japan
China
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Summary:  [...]people often do not realize they were bitten by a tick. According to research conducted in China, where numerous people have become infected with the virus through the ixodid ticks, the virus-carrying rate was 5.4 percent, sources said.