Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever Borrelia in a Myotis Bat, Eastern China, 2015

Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever Borrelia in a Myotis Bat, Eastern China, 2015

We identified Candidatus Borrelia fainii, a human pathogenic bacterium causing New World relapsing fever in a Myotis bat in eastern China. This finding expands knowledge about the geographic distribution of Borrelia spp. and the potential for infection with New World relapsing fever in China.

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2020-12, Vol.26 (12), p.3083-3085
Hauptverfasser: Han, Hui-Ju, Liu, Jian-Wei, Wen, Hong-Ling, Li, Ze-Min, Lei, Si-Cong, Qin, Xiang-Rong, Zhou, Chuan-Min, Yu, Hao, Xiao, Xiao, Yu, Xue-Jie
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Sprache:eng
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Arachnids
Bacteria
bat, Eastern China, 2015
bats
Borrelia
Candidatus Borrelia fainii
Causes of
China
Distribution
Fever
housekeeping genes
Identification and classification
in a
Lyme disease
Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever
Phylogenetics
Relapsing fever
Research Letter
Risk factors
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Zusammenfassung:We identified Candidatus Borrelia fainii, a human pathogenic bacterium causing New World relapsing fever in a Myotis bat in eastern China. This finding expands knowledge about the geographic distribution of Borrelia spp. and the potential for infection with New World relapsing fever in China.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2612.191450