Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever Borrelia in a Myotis Bat, Eastern China, 2015

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.191450
• Publication Date: 2020-11-06T19:10:19Z
• Authors: Hui-Ju Han; Jian-Wei Liu; Hong-Ling Wen; Ze-Min Li; Si-Cong Lei; Xiang-Rong Qin; Chuan-Min Zhou; Hao Yu; Xiao Xiao; Xue-Jie Yu
• Keywords: relapsing fever; Pathogenic bacteria

Abstract We identified Candidatus Borrelia fainii, a human pathogenic bacterium causing New World relapsing fever in Myotis bat eastern China. This finding expands knowledge about the geographic distribution of spp. and potential for infection with