Identification and molecular survey of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in sika deer (Cervus nippon) from Jilin Province, north-eastern China

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• 作者：Bintao Zhai^a ; ^b ; ^{zhaibintao@163.com} ; Qingli Niu^b ; ^{niuqingli@caas.cn} ; Jifei Yang^b ; ^{yangjifei@caas.cn} ; Zhijie Liu^b ; ^{liuzhijie@caas.cn} ; Junlong Liu^b ; ^{liujunlong@caas.cn} ; Hong Yin^b ; ^c ; ^{yinhong@caas.cn} ; Qiaoying Zeng^a ; ^{zengqy@gsau.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ; Sika deer ; Identification ; Survey
• 刊名：Acta Tropica
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：166
• 期：Complete
• 页码：54-57
• 全文大小：388 K
• 卷排序：166

文摘

This is the first report of Borrelia pathogens in sika deer in China. Sika deer may be as potential natural host and might spread Lyme disease pathogen to animals, ticks, and even humans. In this study, sequence analysis revealed that the sequences were most similar to the sequences of B. garinii and B. burdorferi s.s.