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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

Dispatch

Borrelia Lineages Adjacent to Zoonotic Clades in Black Flying Foxes (Pteropus alecto), Australia, 2018–2020

Taylor B. VerrettComments to Author , Caylee A. Falvo, Evelyn Benson, Devin N. Jones-Slobodian, Daniel E. Crowley, Adrienne S. Dale, Tamika J. Lunn, Manuel Ruiz-Aravena, Agnieszka Rynda-Apple, Clifton D. McKee, Kerry L. Clark, Alexander W. Gofton, Alison J. Peel, Raina K. Plowright, Daniel J. Becker, and Bat One Health
Author affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA (T.B. Verrett, D.J. Becker); Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA (C.A. Falvo, E. Benson, D.N. Jones-Slobodian, D.E. Crowley, A. Rynda-Apple); College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (C.A. Falvo, D.E. Crowley, M. Ruiz-Aravena, R.K. Plowright); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA (A.S. Dale); Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (T.J. Lunn); Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia (T.J. Lunn, A.J. Peel); Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA (M. Ruiz-Aravena); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (C.D. McKee); University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA (K.L. Clark); CSIRO, Health and Biosecurity, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (A.W. Gofton); Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (A.J. Peel)

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Table

Metadata on bats PCR positive for Borrelia spp. in lineages adjacent to zoonotic clades in black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto), Australia, 2018–2020

Bat no. Site Date collected Sex Life stage Borrelia sequence GenBank accession nos.
ACGMP001-1 Gympie 2019 Jan F Adult PQ492350,* PQ490736†
ACGMP001-4 Gympie 2019 Jan F Adult PQ492351,* PQ490737†
ACGMP001-5 Gympie 2019 Jan F Adult PQ488732,‡ PQ490738†
ACRED001-15 Redcliffe 2018 May M Adult PQ488733,‡ PQ492352,* PQ490739†
ACRED003-23 Redcliffe 2018 Sep M Subadult PQ488734,‡ PQ492353,* PQ490740†
ACRED004-31 Redcliffe 2018 Dec F Adult PQ488735‡
ACRED006-54 Redcliffe 2019 May F Adult PQ488736,‡ PQ492354,* PQ490741†
ACRED007-51 Redcliffe 2019 Jul F Adult PQ488737,‡ PQ492355,* PQ490742†
ACRED008-54 Redcliffe 2019 Sep F Adult PQ492356,* PQ490743†
ACRED009-72 Redcliffe 2019 Dec M Subadult PQ488738,‡ PQ492357*
ACRED010-32 Redcliffe 2020 Mar M Adult PQ488739,‡ PQ492358*
ACRED010-42 Redcliffe 2020 Mar F Adult PQ488740,‡ PQ490744†
ACRED011-45 Redcliffe 2020 May F Adult PQ492359,* PQ490745†
ACRED011-60 Redcliffe 2020 May M Adult PQ488741,‡ PQ492360,* PQ490746†
ACTOW001-15 Toowoomba 2018 Jun F Adult No sequences
ACTOW002-30 Toowoomba 2018 Jul F Subadult No sequences
ACTOW006-21 Toowoomba 2019 Mar F Subadult No sequences

*Flagellin gene. †16S–23S rRNA intergenic spacer. ‡16S rRNA.

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