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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
Research

Tickborne Relapsing Fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA

Joshua Christensen, Robert J. Fischer, Brandi N. McCoy, Sandra J. Raffel, and Tom G. SchwanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, Montana, USA (J. Christensen); University of Montana College of Health Professionals and Biomedical Sciences, Missoula (J. Christensen); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, USA (R.J. Fischer, B.N. McCoy, S.J. Raffel, T.G. Schwan)

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Immunoblot analysis of serum samples from 2 animals for Borrelia hermsi, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA. Samples were tested with B. hermsii whole cell lysates (WCL) (left lanes) and purified recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (rGlpQ) (right lanes). +#804 Corvallis, seropositive sample from yellow-pine chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) trapped on patient’s property; +#760 Lake Como, seropositive sample from red-tailed chipmunk (T. ruficaudus) trapped at Lake Como, Montana; #756 Negativ

Figure 2. Immunoblot analysis of serum samples from 2 animals for Borrelia hermsi, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA. Samples were tested with B. hermsii whole cell lysates (WCL) (left lanes) and purified recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (rGlpQ) (right lanes). +#804 Corvallis, seropositive sample from yellow-pine chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) trapped on patient’s property; +#760 Lake Como, seropositive sample from red-tailed chipmunk (T. ruficaudus) trapped at Lake Como, Montana; #756 Negative, seronegative sample from chipmunk.

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