title: Isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi from Illinois Ixodes dammini.
abstract: Ixodes dammini ticks from two northwestern Illinois sites were found to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi at rates of 19 and 32%. B. burgdorferi isolates, one from each site, had protein and antigenic patterns similar to those of the B-31 strain. An indirect immunofluorescence method proved to be more sensitive than dark-field microscopy in detection of these spirochetes. A modified BSK medium containing rifampin was found to be more efficient for spirochete isolation than unsupplemented BSK medium.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Disease, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bouseman
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kitron
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Callister
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bankowski
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Peeples
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007087:Illinois; D008853:Microscopy; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*