{"response":{"status":"ok","message_type":"publication"},"id":4915,"citation":"Mitani et al., 2004, Microbiology and Immunology","doi":"10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03545.x","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/publications/4915.json","link_ext":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03545.x","title":"New World Relapsing Fever \u003ci\u003eBorrelia\u003c/i\u003e Found in \u003ci\u003eOrnithodoros porcinus\u003c/i\u003e Ticks in Central Tanzania","journal":"Microbiology and Immunology","journal_loc":"48 (7)","journal_date":"2004-07-01","pub_type":"journal-article","abstract":"\u003cjats:title\u003eAbstract\u003c/jats:title\u003e\u003cjats:p\u003eTicks were collected from 8 houses in Mvumi Mission village, near Dodoma, Tanzania. All ticks were examined for \u003cjats:italic\u003eBorrelia\u003c/jats:italic\u003e infestation by flagellin gene‐based nested polymerase chain reaction. All houses were highly infested with ticks, and all ticks collected were of the \u003cjats:italic\u003eOrnithodoros porcinus\u003c/jats:italic\u003e species. Fifty‐one out of 120 ticks were infected with spirochetes, and a flagellin gene sequence comparison showed that most of the spirochetes belonged to \u003cjats:italic\u003eBorrelia duttonii\u003c/jats:italic\u003e, which is the causative agent of tick‐borne relapsing fever in East Africa. The rest of the spirochetes were quite different from \u003cjats:italic\u003eB. duttonii\u003c/jats:italic\u003e and instead resembled the New World tick‐borne relapsing fever borreliae. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences also supported the interpretation that the spirochete was a \u003cjats:italic\u003eBorrelia\u003c/jats:italic\u003e species distinct from previously described members of the genus.\u003c/jats:p\u003e","long_citation_html":"Mitani et al. (2004). New World Relapsing Fever \u003ci\u003eBorrelia\u003c/i\u003e Found in \u003ci\u003eOrnithodoros porcinus\u003c/i\u003e Ticks in Central Tanzania.\n\u003ci\u003eMicrobiology and Immunology\u003c/i\u003e.\n\u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03545.x\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03545.x\u003c/a\u003e\n","created_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:25.723Z","updated_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:51.405Z","authors":[{"id":19860,"given":"Harumi","family":"Mitani","created_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:26.743Z","updated_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:26.743Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/19860.json"},{"id":19861,"given":"Alison","family":"Talbert","created_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:26.776Z","updated_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:26.776Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/19861.json"},{"id":19862,"given":"Masahito","family":"Fukunaga","created_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:26.786Z","updated_at":"2026-10-22T09:39:26.786Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/19862.json"}],"names":[{"id":56975,"name":"Borrelia mvumii","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/names/56975.json","uri":"https://seqco.de/i:56975"}],"subjects":[]}