Human-pathogenic relapsing fever Borrelia found in bats from Central China phylogenetically clustered together with relapsing fever borreliae reported in the New World.

• Hoofdauteurs: Ze-Min Li (Auteur), Xiao Xiao (Auteur), Chuan-Min Zhou (Auteur), Jian-Xiao Liu (Auteur), Xiao-Lan Gu (Auteur), Li-Zhu Fang (Auteur), Bin-Yan Liu (Auteur), Lian-Rong Wang (Auteur), Xue-Jie Yu (Auteur), Hui-Ju Han (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Bats can harbor zoonotic pathogens causing emerging infectious diseases, but their status as hosts for bacteria is limited. We aimed to investigate the distribution, prevalence and genetic diversity of Borrelia in bats and bat ticks in Hubei Province, China, which will give us a better understanding...