title: Immunological properties of Borrelia burgdorferi isolated from the Ixodes ovatus in Shizuoka, Japan.
abstract: Three strains of spirochetes (IKA1 to 3) were isolated from the midgut of Ixodes ovatus collected in the Ikawa region of the northern part of Shizuoka, Japan. These isolates had eight flagella, and their size and other morphological features were similar to Borrelia burgdorferi. They showed similar motility and reacted with monoclonal antibody (MAb) H9724 against borrelial flagella and with MAb H5332 against the outer surface protein A. These strains showed similar SDS-PAGE profiles to that of B. burgdorferi strain B31 and P/Bi isolated in the U.S.A. and Europe, respectively. Immunoblot with Lyme disease patient serum showed positive reactions with the flagella (41 Kilodalton, kDa), protein C (20 to 22 kDa), and outer surface protein A (29 kDa) of the isolates. Immunological properties, morphological characteristics, and epidemiological features revealed that these isolates were B. burgdorferi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuzawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Beppu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawamori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005407:Flagella / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007564:Japan; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000276:immunology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins