Nakao M, Miyamoto K, Fukunaga M
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan.
Microbiol Immunol. 1994;38(10):805-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01861.x.
Spirochetes were isolated from earlobe tissues of shrews (Sorex unguiculatus, Sorex caecutiens, and Crocidura dsienezumi), voles (Clethrionomys rufocanus), and mice (Apodemus argenteus and Apodemus speciosus) captured in various localities in Japan. The isolates were identified as Borrelia japonica by rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The data suggest that these small mammals are candidates of reservoir hosts for B. japonica.
从在日本各地捕获的鼩鼱(长尾鼩、盲鼩、长尾大麝鼩)、田鼠(棕背䶄)和小鼠(银姬鼠、大林姬鼠)的耳垂组织中分离出了螺旋体。通过rRNA基因限制性片段长度多态性分析,将分离株鉴定为日本疏螺旋体。数据表明,这些小型哺乳动物是日本疏螺旋体的潜在宿主候选者。