Geographic differences in genetic locus linkages for Borrelia burgdorferi

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1147-1150

  Travinsky, Bridgit ^a   Bunikis, Jonas ^a   Barbour, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; IXODES; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 77954447356     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.091452     Document Type: Article

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