Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever <i>Borrelia</i> in a <i>Myotis</i> Bat, Eastern China, 2015
Hui‐Ju Han, Jianwei Liu, Hong-Ling Wen, Zemin Li, Si-Cong Lei, Xiang‐Rong Qin, Chuan‐Min Zhou, Hao Yu, Xiao Xiao, Xue‐jie Yu
Abstract
We identified Candidatus Borrelia fainii, a human pathogenic bacterium causing New World relapsing fever in a Myotis bat in eastern China. This finding expands knowledge about the geographic distribution of Borrelia spp. and the potential for infection with New World relapsing fever in China.
Topics & Concepts
Borreliarelapsing feverChinaBiologyPathogenic bacteriaVirologyMicrobiologyBorrelia burgdorferiBacteriaImmunologyGeographyGeneticsArchaeologyAntibodyVector-borne infectious diseasesViral Infections and VectorsRabies epidemiology and control