Detection of Borrelia americana in the Avian Coastal Tick, Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixodidae), Collected from a Bird Captured in Canada  

作　　者：John D. Scott Janet E. Foley John D. Scott;Janet E. Foley(Research Division, Lyme Ontario, Fergus, Canada;Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA)

机构地区：[1]Research Division, Lyme Ontario, Fergus, Canada [2]Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

出　　处：《Open Journal of Animal Sciences》2016年第3期207-216,共10页动物科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：We document the first record of Borrelia americana in Canada. This Borrelia was detected in an avian coast tick, Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixodidae), collected from a Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, along coastal British Columbia. Using real-time PCR and DNA sequencing of the flagellin gene, we determined that the borrelial amplicon from the I. auritulus nymph was 99% homologous with B. americana type strain SCW-41. Because patients infected with B. americana can be seronegative for Lyme disease, medical professionals should be willing to pursue molecular analyses and consider treatment for patients with Lyme disease-like symptoms.We document the first record of Borrelia americana in Canada. This Borrelia was detected in an avian coast tick, Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixodidae), collected from a Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, along coastal British Columbia. Using real-time PCR and DNA sequencing of the flagellin gene, we determined that the borrelial amplicon from the I. auritulus nymph was 99% homologous with B. americana type strain SCW-41. Because patients infected with B. americana can be seronegative for Lyme disease, medical professionals should be willing to pursue molecular analyses and consider treatment for patients with Lyme disease-like symptoms.

关 键 词：Borrelia americana Lyme Disease Avian Coastal Tick Ixodes auritulus Varied Thrush Songbird Bird Parasitism CANADA 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]