Host associations and genomic diversity of Borrelia hermsii in an endemic focus of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America

BACKGROUND: An unrecognized focus of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia hermsii was identified in 2002 when five people became infected on Wild Horse Island in Flathead Lake, Montana. The terrestrial small mammal community on the island is composed primarily of pine squirrels (Tamiasciuru...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Tammi L., Fischer, Robert J., Raffel, Sandra J., Schwan, Tom G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1863-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1863-0

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