Phylogeography of Lyme borreliosis-group spirochetes and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1952-1965

  Margos, Gabriele ^a   Castillo Ramírez, Santiago ^a   Hoen, Anne Gatewood ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme borreliosis group spirochetes; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MLST; MRSA; phylogeography; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LYME BORRELIOSIS GROUP SPIROCHETE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODIDA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84870544166     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000741     Document Type: Review

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