| Title |
NOTE] The Presence of Borrelia valaisiana-Related Genospecies in Ticks and a Rodent in Taiwan |
| Author |
Chun-Man Huang1, Hsi-Chieh Wang2, Ying-Chun Lin1, Shih-Hui Chiu1, Ying-Shun Kao1, Pei-Lung Lee2, Hsiu-I Wang1, Ruei-Chen Hung1, Huang-I Chan1, Ho-Sheng Wu1,2,3, Chuen-Sheue Chiang3, and Jung-Jung Mu1* |
| Address |
1Bacterial Enteric and Emerging Diseases Laboratory Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 11561, Taiwan, 2Vector Biology Laboratory, Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 11561, Taiwan, 3Bacterial Respiratory Diseases Laboratory, Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 11561, Taiwan |
| Bibliography |
Journal of Microbiology, 48(6),877-880, 2010,
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| DOI |
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| Key Words |
Borrelia valaisiana-related, ticks, rodent |
| Abstract |
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. |
