Grigery Chelsea N, Moyer Patricia, Little Susan E, Masters Edwin J
Sikeston High School, USA.
Mo Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;102(5):442-6.
To determine responses of Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi to Eastern Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) and Swiss-Webster mouse (Mus musculus) sera.
Lizard sera lysed both Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi. Mouse sera lysed only Borrelia lonestari.
Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes did not survive exposure to lizard sera. Mice are reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi but may not be a Borrelia lonestari reservoir because spirochetes did not survive exposure to mouse sera.
确定孤独疏螺旋体和伯氏疏螺旋体对东部围栏蜥蜴(变色沙蜥)和瑞士韦伯斯特小鼠血清的反应。
蜥蜴血清可裂解孤独疏螺旋体和伯氏疏螺旋体。小鼠血清仅可裂解孤独疏螺旋体。
孤独疏螺旋体和伯氏疏螺旋体螺旋体在暴露于蜥蜴血清后无法存活。小鼠是伯氏疏螺旋体的宿主,但可能不是孤独疏螺旋体的宿主,因为螺旋体在暴露于小鼠血清后无法存活。