Genotypic Variation and Mixtures of Lyme Borrelia in Ixodes Ticks from North America and Europe

BACKGROUND: Lyme disease, caused by various species of Borrelia, is transmitted by Ixodes ticks in North America and Europe. Studies have shown the genotype of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) or the species of B. burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) affects the ability of the bacteria to cause lo...

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Autores principales: Crowder, Chris D., Matthews, Heather E., Schutzer, Steven, Rounds, Megan A., Luft, Benjamin J., Nolte, Oliver, Campbell, Scott R., Phillipson, Curtis A., Li, Feng, Sampath, Ranga, Ecker, David J., Eshoo, Mark W.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20498837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010650