Isolation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia mayonii From Naturally Infected Rodents in Minnesota. Issue 4 (24th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: 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.
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical entomology. Volume 54:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 1088
• Page End: 1092
• Publication Date: 2017-04-24
• Subjects: Borrelia mayonii -- Ixodes scapularis -- Peromyscus leucopus -- Tamiasciurus hudsonicus -- Lyme disease; Insects as carriers of disease -- Periodicals; 616.968
• DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjx062
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2585

Abstract

Abstract: 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.