The Presence of Borrelia valaisiana-Related Genospecies in Ticks and a Rodent in Taiwan

A field survey was conducted to investigate the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in six counties of Taiwan. Spirochetes were successfully isolated from one rodent ear sample out of 485 rodent ears and 53 live, fed tick (Ixodes granulatus) samples. The spirochetes were confirmed to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journal of microbiology 2010, 48(6), , pp.877-880
Hauptverfasser:	Huang, Chun-Man, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Wang, Hsi-Chieh, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Lin, Ying-Chun, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Chiu, Shih-Hui, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Kao, Ying-Shun, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Lee, Pei-Lung, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Wang, Hsiu-I, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Hung, Ruei-Chen, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Chan, Huang-I, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Wu, Ho-Sheng, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Chiang, Chuen-Sheue, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Mu, Jung-Jung, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Arachnids Biomedical and Life Sciences Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia burgdorferi Group - classification Borrelia burgdorferi Group - genetics Borrelia burgdorferi Group - isolation & purification Borrelia valaisiana-related Cluster Analysis Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA, Bacterial - chemistry DNA, Bacterial - genetics Ear Flagellin Flagellin - genetics Genetic testing Iodine Ixodes - microbiology Ixodes granulatus Ixodidae Life Sciences Microbiology Microscopy Molecular Sequence Data Nucleotide sequence Phylogenetics Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Predation Rodentia - microbiology RODENTS ROEDORES RONGEUR Sequence Analysis, DNA Sequence Homology Spirochetes Taiwan ticks Vectors 생물학
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Zusammenfassung:	A field survey was conducted to investigate the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in six counties of Taiwan. Spirochetes were successfully isolated from one rodent ear sample out of 485 rodent ears and 53 live, fed tick (Ixodes granulatus) samples. The spirochetes were confirmed to be B. burgdorferi s.l. by real-time PCR. In addition, 23 of 113 tick samples were tested positive for Borrelia DNA according to real-time PCR. The Borrelia isolate from the rodent and the 23 Borrelia DNA samples from the ticks were identified as B. valaisiana-related genospecies by phylogenetic analysis based on flagellin gene sequences. These findings suggest that the Borrelia valaisiana-related strains are maintained in a zoonotic cycle between tick vectors and reservoir hosts in Taiwan.
ISSN:	1225-8873 1976-3794
DOI:	10.1007/s12275-010-0331-3