Haemaphysalis bispinosis and Ixodes granulatus were proved to be important vectors of B.b.s.l. in the southern area of China.

• 我国北方林区莱姆病螺旋体的主要生物媒介是全沟硬蜱，南方林区二棘血蜱和粒形硬蜱是重要的生物媒介。