A novel relapsing fever Borrelia sp. infects the salivary glands of the molted hard tick, Amblyomma geoemydae

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-261

  Takano, Ai ^a,b   Sugimori, Chieko ^a   Fujita, Hiromi ^c   Kadosaka, Teruki ^d   Taylor, Kyle R ^e   Tsubota, Toshio ^e   Konnai, Satoru ^e   Tajima, Tomoko ^f   Sato, Kozue ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a,b   Ohnishi, Makoto ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ohara General Hospital   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyomma geoemydae; Hard tick borne relapsing fever; Transstadial transmission

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA GEOEMYDAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDGUT; MIXED INFECTION; MOLTED HARD TICK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; MOLTING; NYMPH; SALIVARY GLANDS;

AMBLYOMMA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA SP.; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84865997456     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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