First report of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in two threatened carnivores: the Marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna and the European mink |
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Authors: | C Lin M Gherman Attila D Sándor Zsuzsa Kalmár Mihai Marinov Andrei D Mihalca |
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Institution: | C 259 Lin M Gherman,Attila D Sándor,Zsuzsa Kalmár,Mihai Marinov,Andrei D Mihalca |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Lyme disease is a widespread cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by species belonging to the genus Borrelia. It is transmitted from animal reservoir hosts to humans through hard - ticks of genus Ixodes which are vectors of the disease. CASE PRESENTATION: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection was identified in a marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna, and two European minks, Mustela lutreola, from Romania, by PCR. RFLP revealed the presence of a single genospecies, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first report of the Lyme disease spirochetes in the two mentioned hosts. |
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