New Infectious Spirochete Isolated from Short-tailed Shrews and White-footed Mice

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1987 Aug 1

PMID 3305565

Citations 10

Authors

J F Anderson

R C Johnson

L A Magnarelli

F W Hyde

T G Andreadis

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Abstract

A spirochete with two periplasmic flagella was isolated from the blood or tissues of spleens and kidneys from short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Connecticut and Minnesota. After inoculation, the shrew-mouse spirochete infected Swiss mice and Syrian hamsters. This spirochete is morphologically and serologically distinct from the species of Treponema, Borrelia, Leptospira, and Spirochaeta examined.

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