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Multilocus sequence typing implicates rodents as the main reservoir host of human-pathogenic Borrelia garinii in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2011
Takano Ai, Nakao Minoru, Masuzawa Toshiyuki, Takada Nobuhiro, Yano Yasuhiro, Ishiguro Fubito, Fujita Hiromi, Ito Takuya, Ma Xiaohang, Oikawa Yozaburo, Kawamori Fumihiko, Kumagai Kunihiko, Mikami Toshiyuki, Hanaoka Nozomu, Ando Shuji, Honda Naoko, Taylor Kyle, Tsubota Toshio, Konnai Satoru, Watanabe Haruo, Ohnishi Makoto, Kawabata Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
Multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia garinii isolates from humans and comparison with rodent and tick isolates were performed. Fifty-nine isolates were divided into two phylogenetic groups, and an association was detected between clinical and rodent isolates, suggesting that, in Japan, human-pathogenic B. garinii comes from rodents via ticks.
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