Genomic Confirmation of Borrelia garinii, United States

Lyme disease is a multisystem disorder primarily caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. However, B. garinii, which has been identified on islands off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a cause of Lyme disease in Eurasia. We report isolation and whole-genome nucleotide sequencing...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Natalie Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Ales Horak, Libor Grubhoffer, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Claire M. Fraser, Weigang Qiu, Benjamin J. Luft, Richard G. Morgan, Sherwood R. Casjens, Steven E. Schutzer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
Subjects:
Borrelia garinii
bacteria
genomic conformation
migrating hosts
rodents
Lyme disease
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.220930
https://doaj.org/article/efd3bc09abdc462999af4ecd3951b61b
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Summary:Lyme disease is a multisystem disorder primarily caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. However, B. garinii, which has been identified on islands off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a cause of Lyme disease in Eurasia. We report isolation and whole-genome nucleotide sequencing of a B. garinii isolate from a cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) in South Carolina, USA. We identified a second B. garinii isolate from the same repository. Phylogenetic analysis does not associate these isolates with the previously described isolates of B. garinii from Canada.

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