Novel relapsing fever Borrelia detected in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) admitted to two rehabilitation centers in South Africa

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1125-1130

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Parsons, Nola J ^b   Horne, Elizabeth C ^c   Shock, Barbara C ^a   Purdee, Michaelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Penguins Eastern Cape Marine Bird Rehabilitation Center   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FLAB GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; JAPAN; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENGUIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEABIRD; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SPIROCHETE; SUMMER; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ARGASIDAE; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA SP.; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; BORRELIA; FLAGELLIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RELAPSING FEVER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84862738571     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2602-2     Document Type: Article

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