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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Dispatch

Molecular Characterization of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Borrelia, Israel

Marc Victor Assous*†Comments to Author , Amos Wilamowski*, Herve Bercovier†, and Esther Marva*
Author affiliations: *Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel; †Hebrew University–Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

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Table 1

Percentage of tick infestation by PCR at several locations

Region/location No. ticks collected No. tested Pools/individuals PCR result % Infestation
Jerusalem outskirts
Ma'ale Adumim 51 51 9 individuals <1.9
5 pools of 5
3 pools of 4
5 individuals
Jericho
Makoh 30 10 Pool of 4 6.6
6 individuals 1+
Center
Gimzo 45 15 Pool of 5 + 13–40
Pool of 3
Pool of 3
4 individuals 1+
Tiberias
Migdal 8 8 Pool of 4 + 12.5–50
Pool of 4
Be'er Sheva, Arad Valley
Hurvat Kasif 50 10 10 individuals 4 positive 40

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