| Literature DB >> 22910061 |
Ai Takano1, Chieko Sugimori, Hiromi Fujita, Teruki Kadosaka, Kyle R Taylor, Toshio Tsubota, Satoru Konnai, Tomoko Tajima, Kozue Sato, Haruo Watanabe, Makoto Ohnishi, Hiroki Kawabata.
Abstract
A novel relapsing fever Borrelia sp. was found in Amblyomma geoemydae in Japan. The novel Borrelia sp. was phylogenetically related to the hard (ixodid) tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia spp. Borrelia miyamotoi and B. lonestari. The novel relapsing fever Borrelia sp. was detected in 39 A. geoemydae (39/274: 14.2%), of which 14 (14/274: 5.1%) were co-infected with the novel relapsing fever Borrelia sp. and Borrelia sp. tAG, one of the reptile-associated borreliae. Transstadial transmission of the novel relapsing fever Borrelia sp. occurred in the tick midgut and the salivary glands, although Borrelia sp. tAG was only detected in the tick midgut. The difference of the borrelial niche in molted ticks might be associated with borrelial characterization.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22910061 DOI： 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.06.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ticks Tick Borne Dis ISSN： 1877-959X Impact factor: 3.744