Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto causes Lyme disease in dogs
By Skotarczak, Bogumiła & Wodecka, Beata·Published in Acta veterinaria Hungarica·2005·Department of Genetics·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies inducing Lyme disease in dogs from Western Poland.
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Plain-English summary
A group of dogs in Poland were tested for Lyme disease after being bitten by ticks. Researchers found that all the dogs had been infected with the same type of bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, which causes Lyme disease. This study helps to understand which specific bacteria are responsible for Lyme disease in dogs in that region. If your dog has been bitten by ticks and shows signs of illness, it's important to talk to your vet about testing for Lyme disease and possible treatments.
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Abstract
Canine Lyme borreliosis may be caused by three Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies. The prevalence of infection by Borrelia species was determined by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) with the enzyme Fsp4H I in the blood of dogs naturally infested by ticks in an endemic region of Poland. Blood samples were collected from 98 dogs of various breeds, delivered to the Veterinary Clinic in Szczecin (northwestern Poland) for various reasons. Nested PCR revealed the presence of DNA characteristic of only 1 genospecies, i.e. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), in all PCR-positive samples. Digestion of PCR products from a fragment of the fla gene amplified with primers FLA1 and FLA2 gave only one band pattern consistent with the pattern obtained from sequence analysis of the fla gene from a reference isolate of B. burgdorferi s.s. GeHo (X15660) from GenBank.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15782655/