Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from a field caught Peromyscus leucopus from central Oklahoma (USA). The strain was identified as B. burgdorferi by reaction with monoclonal antibody H5332 specific for the outer surface protein OspA of B. burgdorferi. This represents the first isolation of B. burgdorferi from a wild mouse outside of the normal range of the known vectors Ixodes dammini and I. pacificus.
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1 April 1992
Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from Peromyscus leucopus in Oklahoma
Stanley W. Mukolwe,
A. Alan Kocan,
Robert W. Barker,
George L. Murphy
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 28 • No. 2
April 1992
Vol. 28 • No. 2
April 1992
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
Oklahoma
Peromyscus leucopus