Detection in Malaysia of a Borrelia sp. From Haemaphysalis hystricis (Ixodida: Ixodidae)
| Autor: | Wai-Hong Phoon, Jing Jing Khoo, Kim-Kee Tan, Fang-Shiang Lim, Brian L. Pike, Li-Yen Chang, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sazaly AbuBakar, Fezshin Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Ixodidae relapsing fever Sus scrofa 030231 tropical medicine Zoology Borrelia miyamotoi Tick 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Lyme disease RNA Ribosomal 16S Borrelia parasitic diseases Mite medicine Animals Phylogeny General Veterinary biology Sequence Analysis RNA Malaysia bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease RNA Bacterial 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Insect Science Haemaphysalis hystricis Parasitology Flagellin |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology. 54:1444-1448 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jme/tjx131 |
| Popis: | Spirochetes from the Borrelia genus are known to cause diseases in humans, namely Lyme disease and relapsing fever. These organisms are commonly transmitted to humans by arthropod vectors including ticks, mite, and lice. Here, we report the molecular detection of a Borrelia sp. from a Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino tick collected from wildlife in an Orang Asli settlement in Selangor, Malaysia. Phylogenetic analyses of partial 16s rRNA and flaB gene sequences revealed that the Borrelia sp. is closely related to the relapsing fever group borreliae, Borrelia lonestari, Borrelia miyamotoi, and Borrelia theileri, as well as a number of uncharacterized Borrelia sp. from ticks in Portugal and Japan. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a Borrelia sp. detected in H. hystricis, and in Malaysia. The zoonotic potential of this Borrelia sp. merits further investigation. |
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