Fig. 1:

PCR amplification of 523 bp of 16S rDNA of Borrelia persica in infected Ornithodoros tholozani ticks and in guinea pig bloods. No. 1: 100 bp Molecular weight marker (Cinnagen, Iran), 2 and 3: respectively male and female ticks following xenodiagnosis and full blood digestion, 4–6: post blood meal respectively in ticks after one hour, 15 days, and >30 days (full blood digestion), 7–9: PCR products of animal blood when respectively 1, 5, and 10 spirochetes were added to the PCR mixture