SAMN04359737 UCI Irvine culture Borrelia anserina Es The original isolation of the Es strain was reported by A.J. DaMassa and H.E. Adler of the University of California Davis in American Journal of Veterinary Research vol. 40, pages 154-7, 1979 University of California Irvine Alan Barbour G Pathogen.cl Pathogen.cl.1.0 Es UTHSCSA A.J. DaMassa 1979 USA: California chicken avian spirochetosis Argas persicus 38.55 N 121.74 W Provided to A.G. Barbour at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio by Russell Johnson (University of Minnesota) who had obtained it from Richard Kelly of Memphis, TN. The isolate was transferred to U.C. Irvine in 1996. 212123