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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 japonica by rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The data suggest that these small mammals are...
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