Kazim, Abdul Rahman and Heo, Chong Chin and Shahrizal, Shezryna and Er, Yi Xian and Houssaini, Jamal and Veit, Alexandra and Muntau, Birgit and Tappe, Dennis and Muslim, Azdayanti and Low, Van Lun (2025) A distinct Borrelia clade within the relapsing fever group from cat-infesting Haemaphysalis semermis Neumann 1901 (Acari: Ixodidae). Veterinary Research Communications, 49 (1). p. 6. ISSN 0165-7380, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-024-10591-x.
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An undescribed relapsing fever group Borrelia species was detected in a male Haemaphysalis semermis tick infesting a rural cat in an indigenous population in Pahang National Park, Peninsular Malaysia. The 16 S rRNA gene sequence revealed close similarity of this variant to several undescribed Borrelia species and Borrelia theileri, with genetic distances ranging from 0.58 to 0.72%. Furthermore, the flaB, gyrB, and the concatenated 16 S rRNA + flaB + gyrB sequence analyses demonstrated that this variant is distinctly separated from multiple undescribed Borrelia species, Borrelia miyamotoi, and B. theileri, with genetic distances ranging from 3.41 to 7.00%. This study not only reports the first Borrelia found in H. semermis but also suggests that it forms a distinct clade within the relapsing fever group in Peninsular Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Benrhard-Nohct Institute for Tropical Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh campus, Malaysia, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Relapsing fever; Tick-borne diseases; Ecology; Ectoparasite |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Parasitology Deparment Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2025 01:16 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2025 01:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/47212 |
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