Genotypic diversity of an emergent population of Borrelia burgdorferi at a coastal Maine island recently colonized by Ixodes scapularis

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 456-461

  MacQueen, Douglas D ^a   Lubelczyk, Charles ^b   Elias, Susan P ^b   Cahill, Bruce K ^a,b   Mathers, Amy J ^b,c   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^b   Rand, Peter W ^b   Smith, Robert P ^a,b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Emergence; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Outer surface protein C; Strain diversity

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE LINE BLOT; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

EID: 84862185665     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0811     Document Type: Article

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