Topic: High-prevalence Borrelia miyamotoi in Turkey in TN.
Pinelady
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21175079 2010 Nov Abstract During spring and fall 2009, 60 wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) harvested by Tennessee hunters were surveyed for Borrelia spp. by
sampling their blood, tissue, ...and attached ticks. In both seasons, 70% of turkeys were infested with juvenile Amblyomma americanum;
one spring turkey hosted an adult female Ixodes brunneus.
Polymerase chain reaction assays followed by DNA sequencing indicated that 58% of the turkeys were positive for the spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi,
with tissue testing positive more frequently than blood (P = 0.015).
Sequencing of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer indicated > or = 99% similarity to previously published sequences of the North American strain of this spirochete.
Positive turkeys were present in both seasons and from all seven middle Tennessee counties sampled.
No ticks from the turkeys tested positive for any Borrelia spp.
This is the first report of B. miyamotoi in birds; the transmission pathways and epidemiological significance of this high-prevalence spirochetal infection remain uncertain.
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seekhelp
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No no no not all the research again! It's the Christmas holiday still.
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kidsgotlyme
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don't you know there's no lyme in Tennessee??
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Pinelady
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There is now! LOL They haven't got their game on yet.....
They don't know how to test the ticks...
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onbam
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No--that is freaking scary, though. Especially if the cyst or l-form can survive cooking. I'd never eat anything I got on a hunting trip. Something I do worry about, though...if an infected deer p***es in a stream, how easily could the fish catch Lyme? Or if a fish ate a mouse that had it? Someone should look into this.
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I opened this to see if Turkey was now in TN, or if TURKEYS were in TN!!
glad to know that Turkey has not moved!
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Pinelady
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I was wondering where all my visiting cardinals etc. were going....I don't think its south...
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Pinelady
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For those that don't know---Yea I missed it too...
This is the first report of B. miyamotoi in birds; the transmission pathways and epidemiological significance of this high-prevalence spirochetal infection remain uncertain.
B.miyamoitoi is a Asian strain of Borrelia.
I have a theory that the only difference in the strains is the baggage they are packing. If this were to be the case....
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