Bunikis Jonas, Tsao Jean, Garpmo Ulf, Berglund Johan, Fish Durland, Barbour Alan G
University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Sep;10(9):1661-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1009.040236.
Partial sequencing of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer showed two to four genotypes each for Borrelia hermsii and B. turicatae, both relapsing fever agents transmitted by argasid ticks, and for B. miyamotoi and B. lonestari, transmitted by ixodid ticks. Field surveys of Ixodes ticks in Connecticut and Sweden showed limited local diversity for B. miyamotoi.
对16S - 23S rDNA基因间隔区进行的部分测序显示,赫氏疏螺旋体和杜氏疏螺旋体(这两种均由argasid蜱传播的回归热病原体)以及由硬蜱传播的米亚托疏螺旋体和洛内斯塔疏螺旋体各自都有两到四种基因型。在康涅狄格州和瑞典对硬蜱进行的实地调查显示,米亚托疏螺旋体在当地的多样性有限。