| first detection and molecular identification of borrelia garinii spirochete from ixodes ovatus tick ectoparasitized on stray cat in taiwan. | borrelia garinii spirochete was detected for the first time in ixodes ovatus tick ectoparasitized on stray cat in taiwan. the genetic identity of this detected spirochete was determined by analyzing the gene sequence amplified by genospecies-specific polymerase chain reaction assays based on the 5s-23s intergenic spacer amplicon (rrf-rrl) and outer surface protein a (ospa) genes of b. burgdorferi sensu lato. phylogenetic relationships were analyzed by comparing the sequences of rrf-rrl and ospa ... | 2014 | 25343260 |