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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Serum samples from Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse), collected in Connecticut (USA) in 1983, 1985, and during 1990 to 1993, were analyzed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) staining methods for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi (strain 2591), Babesia microti, Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Arkansas strain), and Ehrlichia equi (MRK strain). Of the 294 serum samples tested, 160 (54%) contained immunoglobulins to one or more of these pathogens. There were antibodies to two or more etiologic agents in 77 (48%) of the seropositive mice. Although it was uncommon to detect coexisting antibodies to all four pathogens (n = 5 positive mice), E. chaffeensis-reactive antibodies or immunoglobulins to E. equi were present along with those produced to B. burgdorferi and B. microti in 24 other mice. These rodents carry antibodies to several tick-borne pathogens at numerous sites in Connecticut and may play a role in the epizootiology of ehrlichiosis as well as babesiosis and Lyme borreliosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0090-3558
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
466-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Antibodies, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Babesia, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Babesiosis, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Borrelia burgdorferi Group, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Connecticut, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Disease Reservoirs, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Ehrlichia, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Ehrlichiosis, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Immunoglobulins, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Lyme Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Mesocricetus, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Peromyscus, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Rodent Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9249691-Tick-Borne Diseases
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibodies to multiple tick-borne pathogens of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and Lyme borreliosis in white-footed mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 06504, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article