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New infectious spirochete isolated from short-tailed shrews and white-footed mice.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 25 ·No. 8 ·1987-08-00 ·Pages 1490-4

Anderson JF, Johnson RC, Magnarelli LA, Hyde FW, Andreadis TG

Abstract

A spirochete with two periplasmic flagella was isolated from the blood or tissues of spleens and kidneys from short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Connecticut and Minnesota. After inoculation, the shrew-mouse spirochete infected Swiss mice and Syrian hamsters. This spirochete is morphologically and serologically distinct from the species of Treponema, Borrelia, Leptospira, and Spirochaeta examined.

MeSH Terms
Animals Connecticut Cricetinae Fluorescent Antibody Technique Kidney/microbiology Mice Microscopy, Electron Minnesota Peromyscus/microbiology Rodent Diseases/microbiology Shrews/microbiology Spirochaetales/classification,isolation & purification,ultrastructure Spirochaetales Infections/microbiology,veterinary Spleen/microbiology
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Anderson J F
Johnson R C
Magnarelli L A
Hyde F W
Andreadis T G
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.25.8.1490-1494.1987
Published
1987-08-00
Pages
1490-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC269255
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI18153 · United States
NIAMS NIH HHS · AR34744 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.8.1490-1494.1987 PMC Full Text View journal details
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