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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 424-427, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.424-427.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of Borrelia lonestari, Putative Agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the Southeastern United States

Victor A. Moore IV,1 Andrea S. Varela,1 Michael J. Yabsley,2 William R. Davidson,2,3 and Susan E. Little1*

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology,1 Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine,2 The D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 306023

Received 20 May 2002/ Returned for modification 7 August 2002/ Accepted 12 October 2002

To determine if white-tailed deer may serve as a reservoir host for Borrelia lonestari, we used a nested PCR for the Borrelia flagellin gene to evaluate blood samples collected from deer from eight southeastern states. Seven of 80 deer (8.7%) from 5 of 17 sites (29.4%) had sequence-confirmed evidence of a B. lonestari flagellin gene by PCR, indicating that deer are infected with B. lonestari or another closely related Borrelia species. Our findings expand the known geographic range of B. lonestari and provide the first evidence of this organism in a vertebrate other than humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology,College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Phone: (706) 542-8447. Fax: (706) 542-0059. E-mail: slittle{at}vet.uga.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 424-427, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.424-427.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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