Pathogenic New World Relapsing Fever <i>Borrelia</i> in a <i>Myotis</i> Bat, Eastern China, 2015

Abstract

We identified Candidatus Borrelia fainii, a human pathogenic bacterium causing New World relapsing fever in a Myotis bat in eastern China. This finding expands knowledge about the geographic distribution of Borrelia spp. and the potential for infection with New World relapsing fever in China.