Borrelia japonica in nature: genotypic identification of spirochetes isolated from Japanese small mammals.

doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01861.x

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Borrelia japonica in nature: genotypic identification of spirochetes isolated from Japanese small mammals.

Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 1994

Nakao M, Miyamoto K, Fukunaga M

Abstract excerpt

Spirochetes were isolated from earlobe tissues of shrews (Sorex unguiculatus, Sorex caecutiens, and Crocidura dsienezumi), voles (Clethrionomys rufocanus), and mice (Apodemus argenteus and Apodemus speciosus) captured in various localities in Japan. The isolates were identified as Borrelia japoni...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Wild
Arachnid Vectors
Arvicolinae
Borrelia
Disease Reservoirs
Genes, Bacterial
Genotype
Japan
Mice
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
RNA, Ribosomal
Shrews
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