Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in rabbits from southeastern China.
A total of 54 wild rabbits captured from southeastern China were examined for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. One and three samples were positive for A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi, respectively. Sequence analyses of PCR products identified a variant of A. phagocytophilum and a B. garinii genotype. This is the first detection of the two tick-borne agents in Chinese rabbits, the role of which in the maintenance of the agents deserve further investigations.
Zhan
Lin
L
Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China.
Chu
Chen-Yi
CY
Zuo
Shu-Qing
SQ
Wu
Xiao-Ming
XM
Dumler
J Stephen
JS
Jia
Na
N
Jiang
Bao-Gui
BG
Yang
Hong
H
Cao
Wu-Chun
WC
D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology*