Multilocus Sequence Analysis of “Atypical” Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Isolated in Russia

Seventeen isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato with an unclear genetic characteristic isolated in Russia from various species of Ixodes ticks ( I. persulcatus , I. ricinus , and I. pavlovskyi ) have been studied by multilocus sequencing analysis. According to the results of typing, these isol...

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Published inMolecular genetics, microbiology and virology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 196 - 203
Main Authors Nefedova, V. V., Korenberg, E. I., Gorelova, N. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.10.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borreliosis
Experimental Works
Gene polymorphism
Life Sciences
Microbiology
Molecular Medicine
Multilocus sequence typing
Nucleotide sequence
OspA protein
RecA protein
Spacer
Russia
MLSA
sensu lato
ticks
various species of
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Summary:Seventeen isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato with an unclear genetic characteristic isolated in Russia from various species of Ixodes ticks ( I. persulcatus , I. ricinus , and I. pavlovskyi ) have been studied by multilocus sequencing analysis. According to the results of typing, these isolates were identified as B. bavariensis ( n = 7), B. garinii ( n = 6), B. finlandensis ( n = 3), and B. spielmanii ( n = 1), that is, species that can cause ixodid tick-borne borreliosis diseases in human beings. The allelic polymorphism of five genes ( rrs , fla , groEL , recA , and ospA ) and spacer rrfA – rrlB of B. bavariensis and B. garinii isolates was analyzed in comparison with their diversity in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration.
ISSN:0891-4168
1934-841X
DOI:10.3103/S0891416817040073