NOTE] The Presence of Borrelia valaisiana-Related Genospecies in Ticks and a Rodent in Taiwan

Chun-Man Huang; Hsi-Chieh Wang; Ying-Chun Lin; Shih-Hui Chiu; Ying-Shun Kao; Pei-Lung Lee; Hsiu-I Wang; Ruei-Chen Hung; Huang-I Chan; Ho-Sheng Wu; Chuen-Sheue Chiang; Jung-Jung Mu

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NOTE] The Presence of Borrelia valaisiana-Related Genospecies in Ticks and a Rodent in Taiwan: Chun-Man Huang ¹, Hsi-Chieh Wang ², Ying-Chun Lin ¹, Shih-Hui Chiu ¹, Ying-Shun Kao ¹, Pei-Lung Lee ², Hsiu-I Wang ¹, Ruei-Chen Hung ¹, Huang-I Chan ¹, Ho-Sheng Wu ^1,2,3, Chuen-Sheue Chiang ³, Jung-Jung Mu ¹; Journal of Microbiology 2010;48(6):877-880.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-0331-3
Published online: January 9, 2011

¹Bacterial Enteric and Emerging Diseases Laboratory Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 11561, Taiwan, ²Vector Biology Laboratory, Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 11561, Taiwan, ³Bacterial Respiratory Diseases Laboratory, Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei 11561, Taiwan

Corresponding author: Jung-Jung Mu , Tel: +886-2-2653-1356,

Received: 31 August 2010 • Accepted: 7 November 2010

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A field survey was conducted to investigate the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in six counties of Taiwan. Spirochetes were successfully isolated from one rodent ear sample out of 485 rodent ears and 53 live, fed tick (Ixodes granulatus) samples. The spirochetes were confirmed to be B. burgdorferi s.l. by real-time PCR. In addition, 23 of 113 tick samples were tested positive for Borrelia DNA according to real-time PCR. The Borrelia isolate from the rodent and the 23 Borrelia DNA samples from the ticks were identified as B. valaisiana-related genospecies by phylogenetic analysis based on flagellin gene sequences. These findings suggest that the Borrelia valaisiana-related strains are maintained in a zoonotic cycle between tick vectors and reservoir hosts in Taiwan.

Keywords: Borrelia valaisiana-related;ticks;rodent

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NOTE] The Presence of Borrelia valaisiana-Related Genospecies in Ticks and a Rodent in Taiwan

J. Microbiol. 2010;48(6):877-880. Published online January 9, 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-0331-3

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