Borrelia miyamotoi Infections in Small Mammals, California, USA

Abstract

Surveillance to investigate the wildlife–vector transmission cycle of the human pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi in California, USA, revealed infections in dusky-footed woodrats, brush mice, and California mice. Phylogenetic analyses suggest a single, well-supported clade of B. miyamotoi is circulating in California.

Keywords

• Borrelia miyamotoi ecology
• tick-borne disease
• mammals
• Peromyscus
• California
• vector-borne infections