Marcus L C, Patterson M M, Gilfillan R E, Urband P H
Am J Vet Res. 1985 Dec;46(12):2570-1.
Twelve of 50 randomly selected horses from areas endemic for Borrelia burgdorferi had indirect fluorescent antibody titers of 1:8 to 1:2,048 against B burgdorferi. One of 50 horses from nonendemic areas had a titer of 1:8. This difference in the number of horses seropositive for B burgdorferi (P less than 0.002) and our finding that seropositive horses did not have agglutinating antibodies against potentially cross-reacting Leptospira spp indicated that horses in endemic areas were exposed to B burgdorferi and that the spirochete induced an antibody response in the horses.
从伯氏疏螺旋体流行地区随机选取的50匹马中，有12匹马针对伯氏疏螺旋体的间接荧光抗体效价为1:8至1:2048。来自非流行地区的50匹马中有1匹马的效价为1:8。伯氏疏螺旋体血清阳性马匹数量的这种差异（P小于0.002）以及我们发现血清阳性马匹没有针对可能发生交叉反应的钩端螺旋体属的凝集抗体，表明流行地区的马匹接触了伯氏疏螺旋体，并且这种螺旋体在马匹中诱导了抗体反应。
