| Literature DB >> 21411595 |
Ai Takano1, Minoru Nakao, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Nobuhiro Takada, Yasuhiro Yano, Fubito Ishiguro, Hiromi Fujita, Takuya Ito, Xiaohang Ma, Yozaburo Oikawa, Fumihiko Kawamori, Kunihiko Kumagai, Toshiyuki Mikami, Nozomu Hanaoka, Shuji Ando, Naoko Honda, Kyle Taylor, Toshio Tsubota, Satoru Konnai, Haruo Watanabe, Makoto Ohnishi, Hiroki Kawabata.
Abstract
Multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia garinii isolates from humans and comparison with rodent and tick isolates were performed. Fifty-nine isolates were divided into two phylogenetic groups, and an association was detected between clinical and rodent isolates, suggesting that, in Japan, human-pathogenic B. garinii comes from rodents via ticks.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21411595 PMCID: PMC3122701 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02544-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948