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Borrelia japonica in Nature: Genotypic Identification of Spirochetes Isolated from Japanese Small Mammals
Author(s) -
Nakao Minoru,
Miyamoto Kenji,
Fukunaga Masahito
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01861.x
Subject(s) - biology , borrelia , apodemus , japonica , zoology , genotype , borrelia burgdorferi , gene , botany , genetics , antibody
Spirochetes were isolated from earlobe tissues of shrews ( Sorex unguiculatus, Sorex caecutiens , and Crocidura dsinezumi ), voles ( Clethrionomys rufocanus ), and mice ( Apodemus argenteus and Apodemus speciosus ) captured in various localities in Japan. The isolates were identified as Borrelia japonica by rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The data suggest that these small mammals are candidates of reservoir hosts for B. japonica.