<i>Borrelia japonica</i> in Nature: Genotypic Identification of Spirochetes Isolated from Japanese Small Mammals

• Nakao Minoru

  Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College

• Miyamoto Kenji

  Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College

• Fukunaga Masahito

  Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Fukuyama

Abstract

Spirochetes were isolated from earlobe tissues of shrews (Sorex unguiculatus, Sorex caecutiens, and Crocidura dsinezumi), 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 candidates of reservoir hosts for B. japonica.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Microbiology

  Japanese Journal of Microbiology 38 (10), 805-808, 1994

  Center For Academic Publications Japan

Details

• CRID: 1571698603035469056
• NII Article ID: 130003484020
• ISSN: 03855600
• Web Site: https://jlc.jst.go.jp/DN/JALC/00080847571?from=CiNii
• Text Lang: en
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