Distinct combinations of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies found in individual questing ticks from Europe

被引：81

作者：

Kurtenbach, K

De Michelis, S

Sewell, HS

Etti, S

Schäfer, SM

Hails, R

Collares-Pereira, M

Santos-Reis, M

Haninçová, K

Labuda, M

Bormane, A

Donaghy, M

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Wellcome Trust Ctr Epidemiol Infect Dis, Oxford OX1 3PS, England

[2] Univ Oxford, Dept Clin Neurol, Oxford OX1 3PS, England

[3] NERC, Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Oxford OX1 3SR, England

[4] Univ Nova Lisboa, ULBL, CMDT, Inst Hyg & Trop Med, P-1200 Lisbon, Portugal

[5] Univ Lisbon, CBA, Fac Sci, P-1699 Lisbon, Portugal

[6] Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Bratislava, Slovakia

[7] Minist Welf Republ Latvia, Riga, Latvia

来源：

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2001年 / 67卷 / 10期

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D O I：

10.1128/AEM.67.10.4926-4929.2001

中图分类号：

Q81 [生物工程学（生物技术）]; Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

The genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was assessed in individual adult Ixodes ricinus ticks from Europe by direct PCR amplification of spirochetal DNA followed by genospecies-specific hybridization. Analysis of mixed infections in the ticks showed that B. garinii and B. valaisiana segregate from B. afzelii. This and previous findings suggest that host complement interacts with spirochetes in the tick, thereby playing an important role in the ecology of Lyme borreliosis.

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页码：4926 / 4929

页数：4

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