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A NEW SPECIES OF BORRELIA (B. QUEENSLANDICA) FROM RATTUS VILLOSISSIMUS IN QUEENSLAND
Author(s) -
Carley JG,
Pope JH
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1962.29
Subject(s) - biology , inoculation , borrelia , immunity , zoology , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibody , immune system , medicine , borrelia burgdorferi
SUMMARY Borrelia queenslandica , n. sp., was isolated from Rattux villosissimus Waite in northwestern Queensland. It produced a relapsing type of infection, sensitive to antibiotics, in laboratory rats and mice. Immunity developed after primary infection in mice. Guinea‐pigs and young chickens resisted infection but the organism could be maintained in embryonnted eggs. A human volunteer inoculated with 75–100 million B. queenslandica did not become infected.