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Molecular detection of relapsing fever Borrelia puertoricensis in migratory Mexican free-tailed bats
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Journal Article
Molecular detection of relapsing fever Borrelia puertoricensis in migratory Mexican free-tailed bats
2026
Overview
Bacteria in the genus Borrelia are primarily spread by ticks and cause either Lyme borreliosis or relapsing fever. Substantial work has demonstrated the degree to which rodents and songbirds can contribute to the enzootic cycles and dispersal of these human diseases, but comparatively less attention has been paid to the role of wild bats, particularly in temperate regions. We here report human-relevant findings from a two-year, seasonal survey of migratory Mexican free-tailed bats ( Tadarida brasiliensis ) in Oklahoma, USA. We tested nearly 400 bats and identified Borrelia puertoricensis , a relapsing fever species that could infect humans. Importantly, this represents the first detection of Borrelia puertoricensis in bats and only the second detection in wild vertebrate hosts, expanding the known host range of this emerging tick-borne pathogen. Given the known migratory routes of Mexican free-tailed bats, our results have implications for the role that bats may play in tick-borne pathogen dispersal in North America.
Publisher
ASM,American Society for Microbiology (ASM),American Society for Microbiology
Subject
/ Animals
/ Borrelia - isolation & purification
/ Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
/ Ecology
/ Humans
/ Mexico
/ Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology
/ Relapsing Fever - epidemiology
/ Relapsing Fever - microbiology
/ Relapsing Fever - veterinary
/ RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
/ Vector-Borne Zoonotic Diseases
/ Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Diseases
/ zoonosis
/ Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases
