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24 April 2017 Isolation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia mayonii From Naturally Infected Rodents in Minnesota
Tammi L. Johnson, Christine B. Graham, Andrias Hojgaard, Nicole E. Breuner, Sarah E. Maes, Karen A. Boegler, Adam J. Replogle, Luke C. Kingry, Jeannine M. Petersen, Lars Eisen, Rebecca J. Eisen
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Borrelia mayonii is a newly described member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex that is vectored by the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say) and a cause of Lyme disease in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Vertebrate reservoir hosts involved in the enzootic maintenance of B. mayonii have not yet been identified. Here, we describe the first isolation of B. mayonii from naturally infected white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque) and an American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben) from Minnesota, thus implicating these species as potential reservoir hosts for this newly described spirochete.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2017. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US.
Tammi L. Johnson, Christine B. Graham, Andrias Hojgaard, Nicole E. Breuner, Sarah E. Maes, Karen A. Boegler, Adam J. Replogle, Luke C. Kingry, Jeannine M. Petersen, Lars Eisen, and Rebecca J. Eisen "Isolation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia mayonii From Naturally Infected Rodents in Minnesota," Journal of Medical Entomology 54(4), 1088-1092, (24 April 2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx062
Received: 14 December 2016; Accepted: 23 February 2017; Published: 24 April 2017
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KEYWORDS
Borrelia mayonii
Ixodes scapularis
Lyme disease
Peromyscus leucopus
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
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