Population Biology of Lyme Borreliosis Spirochetes

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 217-245

  Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a   Hoen, Anne Gatewood ^b   Bent, Stephen J ^c   Vollmer, Stephanie A ^a   Ogden, Nicholas H ^d   Margos, Gabriele ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

LB spirochetes evolution LB epidemiology and basic reproduction number; LB spirochetes genome organization genotyping and phylogenetic tools; Lyme Borreliosis (LB) spirochetes population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956471634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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