New infectious spirochete isolated from short-tailed shrews and white-footed mice.
A spirochete with two periplasmic flagella was isolated from the blood or tissues of spleens and kidneys from short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Connecticut and Minnesota. After inoculation, the shrew-mouse spirochete infected Swiss mice and Syrian hamsters. This spirochete is morphologically and serologically distinct from the species of Treponema, Borrelia, Leptospira, and Spirochaeta examined.
Anderson
J F
JF
Johnson
R C
RC
Magnarelli
L A
LA
Hyde
F W
FW
Andreadis
T G
TG
D000818:Animals; D003237:Connecticut; D006224:Cricetinae; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008910:Minnesota; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012788:Shrews / Q000382:microbiology*; D013144:Spirochaetales / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013145:Spirochaetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology