Distinct levels of genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi are associated with different aspects of pathogenicity

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-156

  Baranton, Guy ^a   Seinost, Gerald ^b   Theodore, George ^a   Postic, Danièle ^a   Dykhuizen, Daniel ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Genetic diversity; Lyme disease; OspC; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0035100181     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01186-X     Document Type: Article

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