Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a multisystemic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) complex transmitted to humans by Ixodes ticks. B. burgdorferi sl complex, currently comprising at least 19 genospecies, includes the main pathogenic species responsible for human disease in Europe: B. bur...

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Main Authors: Adriana Calderaro, Chiara Gorrini, Giovanna Piccolo, Sara Montecchini, Mirko Buttrini, Sabina Rossi, Maddalena Piergianni, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Flora De Conto, Carlo Chezzi, Maria Cristina Medici
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24533160/?tool=EBI
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author Adriana Calderaro
Chiara Gorrini
Giovanna Piccolo
Sara Montecchini
Mirko Buttrini
Sabina Rossi
Maddalena Piergianni
Maria Cristina Arcangeletti
Flora De Conto
Carlo Chezzi
Maria Cristina Medici
author_facet Adriana Calderaro
Chiara Gorrini
Giovanna Piccolo
Sara Montecchini
Mirko Buttrini
Sabina Rossi
Maddalena Piergianni
Maria Cristina Arcangeletti
Flora De Conto
Carlo Chezzi
Maria Cristina Medici
author_sort Adriana Calderaro
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description Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a multisystemic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) complex transmitted to humans by Ixodes ticks. B. burgdorferi sl complex, currently comprising at least 19 genospecies, includes the main pathogenic species responsible for human disease in Europe: B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss), B. afzelii, and B. garinii. In this study, for the first time, MALDI-TOF MS was applied to Borrelia spp., supplementing the existing database, limited to the species B. burgdorferi ss, B . spielmanii and B. garinii, with the species B. afzelii, in order to enable the identification of all the species potentially implicated in LB in Europe. Moreover, we supplemented the database also with B. hermsii, which is the primary cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America, B. japonica, circulating in Asia, and another reference strain of B. burgdorferi ss (B31 strain). The dendrogram obtained by analyzing the protein profiles of the different Borrelia species reflected Borrelia taxonomy, showing that all the species included in the Borrelia sl complex clustered in a unique branch, while Borrelia hermsii clustered separately. In conclusion, in this study MALDI-TOF MS proved a useful tool suitable for identification of Borrelia spp. both for diagnostic purpose and epidemiological surveillance.
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spelling doaj.art-aa061fce4bc848dcbfc6842be31a87632022-12-21T22:44:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0192e8889510.1371/journal.pone.0088895Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.Adriana CalderaroChiara GorriniGiovanna PiccoloSara MontecchiniMirko ButtriniSabina RossiMaddalena PiergianniMaria Cristina ArcangelettiFlora De ContoCarlo ChezziMaria Cristina MediciLyme borreliosis (LB) is a multisystemic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) complex transmitted to humans by Ixodes ticks. B. burgdorferi sl complex, currently comprising at least 19 genospecies, includes the main pathogenic species responsible for human disease in Europe: B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss), B. afzelii, and B. garinii. In this study, for the first time, MALDI-TOF MS was applied to Borrelia spp., supplementing the existing database, limited to the species B. burgdorferi ss, B . spielmanii and B. garinii, with the species B. afzelii, in order to enable the identification of all the species potentially implicated in LB in Europe. Moreover, we supplemented the database also with B. hermsii, which is the primary cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America, B. japonica, circulating in Asia, and another reference strain of B. burgdorferi ss (B31 strain). The dendrogram obtained by analyzing the protein profiles of the different Borrelia species reflected Borrelia taxonomy, showing that all the species included in the Borrelia sl complex clustered in a unique branch, while Borrelia hermsii clustered separately. In conclusion, in this study MALDI-TOF MS proved a useful tool suitable for identification of Borrelia spp. both for diagnostic purpose and epidemiological surveillance.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24533160/?tool=EBI
spellingShingle Adriana Calderaro
Chiara Gorrini
Giovanna Piccolo
Sara Montecchini
Mirko Buttrini
Sabina Rossi
Maddalena Piergianni
Maria Cristina Arcangeletti
Flora De Conto
Carlo Chezzi
Maria Cristina Medici
Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.
PLoS ONE
title Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.
title_full Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.
title_fullStr Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.
title_short Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.
title_sort identification of borrelia species after creation of an in house maldi tof ms database
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24533160/?tool=EBI
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