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Black flying foxes in Australia harbor novel Borrelia lineages adjacent to zoonotic clades

Verrett, T. B.; Falvo, C.; Benson, E.; Jones-Slobodian, D. N.; Crowley, D. E.; Dale, A. S.; Lunn, T. J.; Ruiz-Aravena, M.; Bat One Health, ; McKee, C. D.; Clark, K. L.; Peel, A. J.; Plowright, R. K.; Becker, D.

2024-12-23 evolutionary biology
10.1101/2024.12.20.629695 bioRxiv
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We explore the role of Australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto) as reservoir hosts of potentially zoonotic Borrelia bacteria. Across six sites, 2% of 840 bats were infected with one of two novel Borrelia haplotypes. Phylogenetic reconstruction indicated these infections are distinct from Lyme or relapsing fever clades.

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