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Seroepidemiology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in wild mice captured in Northern Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2004

E. S. GÜNER ,
M. WATANABE ,
T. KADOSAKA ,
E. POLAT ,
A. GARGİLİ ,
A. GULANBER ,
N. OHASHİ ,
K. KANEDA ,
Y. IMAI  and
T. MASUZAWA
E. S. GÜNER
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
M. WATANABE
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka and COE Program in the 21st Century, Shizuoka, Japan
T. KADOSAKA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
E. POLAT
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
A. GARGİLİ
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Veterinary School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
A. GULANBER
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Veterinary School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
N. OHASHİ
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka and COE Program in the 21st Century, Shizuoka, Japan
K. KANEDA
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka and COE Program in the 21st Century, Shizuoka, Japan Department of Food Science, Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University Junior College, Shizuoka, 422-8005, Japan
Y. IMAI
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka and COE Program in the 21st Century, Shizuoka, Japan
T. MASUZAWA
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka and COE Program in the 21st Century, Shizuoka, Japan
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An expedition across the Asian part of the Black Sea coast and national parks of Northern Turkey was organized in the summer of 2001 to investigate the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), Lyme borreliosis agent, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent, in wild mice. A total of 65 Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus sylvaticus, Microtus epiroticus, Crocidura suaveolens and Mus macedonicus, were captured. Two out of 22 Apodemus sylvaticus specimens were seropositive for B. afzelii by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as confirmed by Western blotting, however cultures of skin and bladder samples from all small mammals in Barbour–Stoenner–Kelly's medium-II remained negative for B. burgdorferi s.l. All sera tested were negative for Anaplasma phagocytophilum by indirect immunofluorescent assay. The prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. and Anaplasma phagocytophilum is low in wild mice of the Asian part of Northern Turkey.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 133 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 331 - 336
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press