Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodid Ticks from Poyang Lake Region, Southeastern China.

Ticks are the vectors of various pathogens, threatening human health and animal production across the globe. Here, for the first time we detected Ricketssia spp., Borrelia spp.

[Relationship between heat shock protein 70-hom gene polymorphism and ankylosing spondylitis].

Objective: To investigate the association between heat shock protein 70-hom (HSP70-hom) gene polymorphism and ankylosing spondylitis(AS) in Chinese Han patients.

Methods: Genomic DNA from 98 Chinese AS patients and 70 ethnically matched controls were typed for HSP70-hom polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.

Results: The HSP70-hom genotypes in the AS patients consisted of homozygote AA (60.