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Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever Borrelia in a Myotis Bat, Eastern China, 2015

Authors :
Hui-Ju Han
Jian-Wei Liu
Hong-Ling Wen
Ze-Min Li
Si-Cong Lei
Xiang-Rong Qin
Chuan-Min Zhou
Hao Yu
Xiao Xiao
Xue-Jie Yu
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 12, Pp 3083-3085 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.

Abstract

We identified Candidatus Borrelia fainii, a human pathogenic bacterium causing New World relapsing fever in a Myotis bat in eastern China. This finding expands knowledge about the geographic distribution of Borrelia spp. and the potential for infection with New World relapsing fever in China.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
26
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2ed2335cc5f4d9ab985338e8b2409c1
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.191450