Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from Peromyscus leucopus in Oklahoma.
Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from a field-caught Peromyscus leucopus from central Oklahoma (USA). The strain was identified as B. burgdorferi by reaction with monoclonal antibody H5332 specific for the outer surface protein OspA of B. burgdorferi. This represents the first isolation of B. burgdorferi from a wild mouse outside of the normal range of the known vectors Ixodes dammini and I. pacificus.
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Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Microbiology, and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
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D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*