Genotypic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi strains detected in ixodes scapularis larvae collected from north American songbirds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8265-8268

  Brinkerhoff, R Jory ^a,d   Bent, Stephen J ^a   Folsom O'Keefe, Corrine M ^a   Tsao, Kimberly ^a   Hoen, Anne Gatewood ^a,c   Barbour, Alan G ^b   Diuk Wasser, Maria A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; NORTH AMERICAN;

BIRDS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LARVA; SAMPLING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODES; LARVA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 78650386911     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01585-10     Document Type: Article

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