泉州市莱姆病的发现及蜱媒与宿主的调查研究

The Investigation on Lyme Disease and the Tick Vectors and Host Animals in Quanzhou,Fujian

[目的]调查泉州市莱姆病的病原、传播媒介、宿主动物及人群感染情况。[方法]以流行病学、血清学、病原学等方法调查泉州市部分地区人群感染以及鼠类、野兔及牛等动物体表的蜱类,用 PCR 法检测其伯氏疏螺旋体 DNA。 [结果]首次确认泉州市存在莱姆病病例,安溪、永春等县林区人群存在感染,从粒形硬蜱中检出伯氏疏螺旋体 DNA；从黄毛鼠、白腹巨鼠及野兔查出特异性抗体。[结论]从流行病学和病原学上证实泉州市存在莱姆病及其媒介与宿主, 是当地一种新发现的人兽共患传染病。

[Objective] To investigate the etiology of Lyme disease, tick vectors and host animals and infection rate in Quarzhou. Fujian. [Methods] The infection rate of Lyme disease, ticks vectors and host animals were investigated by mears of epidemiological, serological aud etiological methods. DNA of Borrelia hurgdorferi was detected by polymerase chain reaction （PCR）. [Results] It was the first time to find Lyme disease in Quanzhou and the population infected in Anxi. Yongchun counties. DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi was detected out from Ixodes granulatus, and the specificity antibodies were found in Rattus rattoides Hondgson, Rattus andersoni Thomas and hare. [Conclusion] With epidemiological and pathogical methods, Lyme disease and its tick vectors and host animals were discovered, and it is the first time to find out in Quanzhou, Fujian.