title: First record of Leptospira borgpetersenii isolation in the Amami Islands, Japan.
abstract: In 2003, a Leptospira survey was performed on Yoroshima Island of the Amami Islands located in the southwestern part of Japan. Seven Leptospira strains were isolated from the field rat Rattus rattus, which were identified as L. borgpetersenii by flaB sequencing, 16S rDNA sequencing and gyrB sequencing, and serovar Javanica was determined by a microscopic agglutination test. NotI-long restriction fragment analysis indicated that these isolates were genetically indistinguishable from an isolate from the Okinawa Islands. The present results suggest that L. borgpetersenii is migrating into the Amami Islands in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan. kbata@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuzawa
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Miyako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Sadao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: Kazuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D027081:DNA Gyrase / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D027081:DNA Gyrase