The Participation of the Background Species of Small Mammals in Circulation of Borrelia in the Forest-Steppe-Region near the Ob River
N. N. LIVANOVA, N. V. FOMENKO, V. V. PANOV
Abstract
On the basis of PCR-RFLP analysis of isolates from the tissues of red field-voles, shrews and field mice caught in May-August 2002 in the outskirts of the Novosibirsk scientific centre, the gene-species composition of Borrelia of the Borrelia burdorferi senso lato complex was revealed. The participation of field mice in the circulation of Borrelia was established. In all the three species, prevailing is Borrelia garinii, represented by two genetic groups: B. garinii NT29 and 20047T. The B. afzelii genospecies is more rarely detected in the tissues of the small animals. Comparison was carried out between the features of the distribution of different genospecies of the pathogen in the reserve hosts with the literature data related to other regions.
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