METHOD AND KIT FOR THE DETECTION, DISCRIMINATION, IDENTIFICATION OF BORRELIA SPECIES PRESENT IN A SAMPLE OF HUMAN OR ANIMAL ORIGIN

摘要

The present invention concerns a method for detecting, discriminating and identifying Borrelia species present in a sample, such as a tissue or a fluid, of human or animal origin, and a kit for implementing such a method. The method according to the invention comprises steps implemented by quantitative multiplex PCR including: (a) a step of detecting the presence of Borrelia in the sample and of distinguishing between the Borrelia in the group causing Lyme disease and the Borrelia in the group causing relapsing fever, then, if a signal is detected in step (a) indicating the presence of Borrelia in the group causing Lyme disease, (b) a step of detecting and distinguishing, in the sample, the presence of the species B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii or B. afzelii and the species B. valaisiana or B. bissettii, or, if a signal is detected in step (a) indicating the presence of Borrelia in the group causing relapsing fever, a step (c) of detecting and distinguishing, in the sample, the presence of the species B. hermsii and B. recurrentis, and the species B. duttonii or B. crocidurae of the group causing fevers, and a step (d) of analysing the results of the amplifications, the method being further implemented using the sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 to 37.