Isolation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia mayonii From Naturally Infected Rodents in Minnesota

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• Alternative Title:
  J Med Entomol
• Personal Author:
  Johnson, Tammi L. ; Graham, Christine B. ; Hojgaard, Andrias ; Breuner, Nicole E. ; Maes, Sarah E. ; Boegler, Karen A. ; Replogle, Adam J. ; Kingry, Luke C. ; Petersen, Jeannine M. ; Eisen, Lars ; Eisen, Rebecca J.
• Description:
  Borrelia mayonii is a newly described member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex that is vectored by the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say) and a cause of Lyme disease in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Vertebrate reservoir hosts involved in the enzootic maintenance of B. mayonii have not yet been identified. Here, we describe the first isolation of B. mayonii from naturally infected white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque) and an American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben) from Minnesota, thus implicating these species as potential reservoir hosts for this newly described spirochete.
• Subjects:
  Animals Article Borrelia Burgdorferi Group Borrelia Mayonii Ixodes Ixodes Scapularis Lyme Disease Minnesota Peromyscus Peromyscus Leucopus Sciuridae Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus

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• Source:
  J Med Entomol. 54(4):1088-1092
• Pubmed ID:
  28444198
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5664935
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9f5e48408e7f62af2ba65c9cde1039076a9df23dd8a8f853e0a7674086cbdf01
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