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

Autor: 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
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 12, Pp 3083-3085 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.191450
Popis: 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.
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