LYME DISEASE PARASITOSIS SYSTEM, THE STATE OF THE PROBLEM COMMUNICATION I. PATHOGENES AND VECTORS

About authors:

I.S.Vasilieva, Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Moscow, 119830 Russia
R.L. Naumov, Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine. M. Pirogovskaya, 20, 119830 Moscow, Russia

Annotation:

In the current (first) communication a review of literature is given for the two components of Lyme disease parasitosis system: the pathogenes — spyrochetes of the genus Bonella and the vectors — ixodid ticks. Different aspects of relationship of the general pathogene species and main vectors are discussed, including the questions of vector's in-fecting, borreliae accumulation and transmission of them to a vertebrate host, and also interaction of borreliae and ticks. Literature data are supplement-ed with the authors' materials.