Open AccessNovel Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato from Rodents and Ticks in Southwestern China
Author(s) -
Chen-Yi Chu,
Wei Liu,
BaoGui Jiang,
Dingming Wang,
Weijia Jiang,
Qiu-Min Zhao,
PanHe Zhang,
Zhao-Xiao Wang,
Guangpeng Tang,
Hong Yang,
WuChun Cao
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01195-08
Subject(s) - borrelia burgdorferi , sensu , biology , borrelia , virology , multilocus sequence typing , lyme disease , microbiology and biotechnology , spirochaetaceae , transmission (telecommunications) , zoology , genotype , immunology , gene , antibody , genetics , genus , electrical engineering , engineering
By using multilocus sequence analysis, five Borrelia valaisiana-related strains isolated from rodents and ticks in southwestern China were eventually classified as a new genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato rather than B. valaisiana. The finding explained the differences in transmission cycle and phenotype between B. valaisiana strains from Europe and B. valaisiana-related strains from eastern Asia.
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