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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Seven cultures of Borrelia burgdorferi differing from strains B31 and ZS7 were identified from among 99 isolates from Ixodes scapularis ticks and from white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) and 1 isolate from an Ixodes dentatus tick. Five of the six novel isolates from I. scapularis and the isolate from I. dentatus were from ticks feeding on humans. The six isolates from I. scapularis lacked OspA and OspB, four possessed an OspD band, and two reacted with an anti-OspC monoclonal antibody. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of HindIII-digested DNAs from six OspA-negative isolates did not hybridize with radiolabeled ospA or LA88 DNA, and only isolate 46047 hybridized with the pG gene. Fragments similar to those recorded for the standard B. burgdorferi sensu stricto strains B31 and ZS7 were obtained with the fla and the HSP70 genes. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of DNA digested with MluI included the specific B. burgdorferi sensu stricto band at 135 kbp for the five OspA-negative isolates from I. scapularis ticks. The six novel isolates apparently lack the 55-kbp plasmid encoding OspA. The pG-containing plasmid may be missing from all but isolate 46047. The isolate from the I. dentatus tick was similar to previous isolates from I. dentatus ticks feeding on rabbits. None of the isolates could be recovered from inoculated C3H/HeNCrlBR or white-footed mice. All isolates reacted with sera from humans with early or late Lyme disease. Our studies demonstrate that these borreliae occur in ticks feeding on humans, and therefore, at least some humans in the northeastern United States are likely being exposed to borreliae other than the classic B31-type strains that have thus far been isolated from humans.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0095-1137
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
524-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Novel Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes dentatus ticks feeding on humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven 06504, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't