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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1558-1562, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1558-1562.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Equine Abortion Associated with the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Group

R. L. Walker,1* D. H. Read,2 D. C. Hayes,1 and R. W. Nordhausen1

California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory-Davis Branch, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616,1 California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory-San Bernardino Branch, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, San Bernardino, California 924122

Received 12 September 2001/ Returned for modification 29 December 2001/ Accepted 27 January 2002

Direct amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and a variable region of the flagellin gene from fetal liver-associated spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete group with a late-term abortion in a mare are described.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (530) 752-8754. Fax: (530) 752-6253. E-mail: rlwalker{at}ucdavis.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1558-1562, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1558-1562.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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