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.
Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China.
Lin
L
Zhan
Chen-Yi
CY
Chu
Shu-Qing
SQ
Zuo
Xiao-Ming
XM
Wu
J Stephen
JS
Dumler
Na
N
Jia
Bao-Gui
BG
Jiang
Hong
H
Yang
Wu-Chun
WC
Cao
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*