title: Novel genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from rodents and ticks in southwestern China.
abstract: By using multilocus sequence analysis, five Borrelia valaisiana-related strains isolated from rodents and ticks in southwestern China were eventually classified as a new genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato rather than B. valaisiana. The finding explained the differences in transmission cycle and phenotype between B. valaisiana strains from Europe and B. valaisiana-related strains from eastern Asia.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chen-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bao-Gui
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ding-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei-Jia
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qiu-Min
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Pan-He
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhao-Xiao
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guang-Peng
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wu-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length / Q000235:genetics; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology