Comparison of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. isolated from the tick Ixodes scapularis in southeastern and northeastern United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1351-1356

  Oliver Jr , James H ^a   Gao, Lihui ^a   Lin, Tao ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ENGLAND; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 58549111059     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1589.1     Document Type: Article

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