Climate and tick seasonality are predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi genotype distribution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2476-2483

  Gatewood, Anne G ^a,j   Liebman, Kelly A ^a,k   Gwenael Vourc'h ^b   Bunikis, Jonas ^c,l   Hamer, Sarah A ^d   Cortinas, Roberto ^e   Melton, Forrest ^f,g   Cislo, Paul ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^h   Tsao, Jean ^d   Barbour, Alan G ^c   Fish, Durland ^a   Diuk Wasser, Maria A ^a,i  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EPIA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ 60 College St   (United States)

^j HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DIVERSE SITES; GENOTYPE FREQUENCIES; GENOTYPING; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; INTERGENIC SPACERS; LARVAL FEEDING; LIFE STAGES; PUBLIC HEALTHS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SEASONALITY;

FORESTRY; MAINTENANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIME MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORBIDITY; SEASONALITY; TICK;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEW ENGLAND;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 64749092639     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02633-08     Document Type: Article

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