Evidence of Borrelia theileri in Wild and Domestic Animals in the Kafue Ecosystem of Zambia

• Published in: Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 11; p. 2405
• Main Authors: Qiu, Yongjin, Squarre, David, Nakamura, Yukiko, Lau, Alice C. C., Moonga, Lavel Chinyama, Kawai, Naoko, Ohnuma, Aiko, Hayashida, Kyoko, Nakao, Ryo, Yamagishi, Junya, Sawa, Hirofumi, Namangala, Boniface, Kawabata, Hiroki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Arachnids; Borrelia; Borrelia theileri; Borreliosis; Cattle; DNA; Domestic animals; ecosystems; Epidemiology; Fever; Genes; Genetic testing; humans; impala; Infections; Investigations; Kafue national park; Livestock; Lyme disease; National parks; Phylogenetics; Polymerase chain reaction; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Real time; Sequence analysis; Software; Spirochetes; Vertebrates; Wild animals; Wildlife; Zambia; Zambia; United States > US; North America; Japan; Africa; Zambia; cattle; impala; Kafue national park; Borrelia theileri

Members of the genus Borrelia are arthropod-borne spirochetes that are human and animal pathogens. Vertebrate hosts, including wild animals, are pivotal to the circulation and maintenance of Borrelia spirochetes. However, information on Borrelia spirochetes in vertebrate hosts in Zambia is limited....