Article
Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Borrelia miyamotoi sp. nov., isolated from the ixodid tick Ixodes persulcatus, the vector for Lyme disease in Japan.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1995
Fukunaga M, Takahashi Y, Tsuruta Y, Matsushita O, Ralph D, McClelland M, Nakao M
Abstract excerpt
The ixodid tick Ixodes persulcatus is the most important vector of Lyme disease in Japan. Most spirochete isolates obtained from I. persulcatus ticks have been classified as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato because of their genetic, biological, and immunological characteristics. However, we found...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Borrelia
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Insect Vectors
- Ixodes
- Lyme Disease
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype