Bacteriocidal activity of lizard and mouse serum for Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of a Lyme-like illness (AKA STARI or Masters disease) in Missouri

To determine responses of Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi to Eastern Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) and Swiss-Webster mouse (Mus musculus) sera. Lizard sera lysed both Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi. Mouse sera lysed only Borrelia lonestari. Borrelia lonestari and Borre...

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Published in:	Missouri medicine Vol. 102; no. 5; p. 442
Main Authors:	Grigery, Chelsea N, Moyer, Patricia, Little, Susan E, Masters, Edwin J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-09-2005
Subjects:	Animals Bacteriolysis - physiology Borrelia - physiology Borrelia burgdorferi - physiology Borrelia burgdorferi Group - physiology Lizards - blood Lyme Disease - microbiology Mice - blood Missouri Missouri
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Summary:	To determine responses of Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi to Eastern Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) and Swiss-Webster mouse (Mus musculus) sera. Lizard sera lysed both Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi. Mouse sera lysed only Borrelia lonestari. Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes did not survive exposure to lizard sera. Mice are reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi but may not be a Borrelia lonestari reservoir because spirochetes did not survive exposure to mouse sera.
ISSN:	0026-6620