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ArticleScientific reports2021

First report of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto detection in a commune genospecies in Apodemus agrarius in Gwangju, South Korea.

Choon Mee Kim, So Young Park, Dong-Min Kim, Jung Wook Park, Jae Keun Chung

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Choon Mee KimPremedical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea.
So Young ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, 588 Seosuk-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-717, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Min KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, 588 Seosuk-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-717, Republic of Korea. drongkim@chosun.ac.kr.
Jung Wook ParkDivision of Infectious Disease Investigation, Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City, Gwangju, South Korea.
Jae Keun ChungDivision of Infectious Disease Investigation, Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju City, Gwangju, South Korea.
Chosun University · KRGwangju Health University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme disease is a tick-borne infectious disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. However, the distribution of Borrelia genospecies and the tissue detection rate of Borrelia in wild rodents have rarely been investigated. Here, we studied 27 wild rodents (Apodemus agrarius) captured in October and November 2016 in Gwangju, South Korea, and performed nested polymerase chain reaction targeting pyrG and ospA to confirm Borrelia infection. Eight rodents (29.6%) tested positive for Borrelia infection. The heart showed the highest infection rate (7/27; 25.9%), followed by the spleen (4/27; 14.8%), kidney (2/27; 7.4%), and lungs (1/27; 3.7%). The B. afzelii infection rate was 25.9%, with the highest rate observed in the heart (7/27; 25.9%), followed by that in the kidney and spleen (both 2/27; 7.4%). B. garinii and B. burgdorferi sensu stricto were detected only in the spleen (1/27; 3.7%). This is the first report of B. burgdorferi sensu stricto infection in wild rodents in South Korea. The rodent hearts showed a high B. afzelii infection rate, whereas the rodent spleens showed high B. garinii and B. burgdorferi sensu stricto infection rates. Besides B. garinii and B. afzelii, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto may cause Lyme disease in South Korea.

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AnimalsAnimals, WildBacterial ZoonosesBorrelia burgdorferiGenes, BacterialHeartHumansKidneyLyme DiseaseMurinaePhylogenyRepublic of KoreaSpleen

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PMID34521873
PMCPMC8440516
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