[Spontaneous mixed infection in rodents with Borrelia and Leptospira].
This study was performed in a natural ITBB focus located in Perm' region of Russia. In 1993-1995, 73 root voles (Microtus oeconomus), collected in the forests, were examined by means of inoculation of internal organs on BSK-II medium. Borrelia were found in 13 animals (17.8%). According to the results in RLFP analysis 11 isolates were classified as B. garinii, 1 as B. afzelii and 1 as mixture of B. garinii and B. afzelii. In one case Leptospira, which was identified by PFGE analysis as grippotyphosa serovar, was found simultaneously with B. garinii in the BSK-II culture from urinary bladder. Our data testify to the fact of existence of mixed foci of leptospirosis and borreliosis. Moreover, one animal may serve as a reservoir host simultaneously of two different spirochetal agents.
Gorelova
N B
NB
Bellenger
E
E
Postic
D
D
Kovalevskiĭ
Iu V
IuV
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012377:Rodentia; D012426:Russia