Multilocus Sequence Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi Suggests Existence of Lineages with Differential Pathogenic Properties in Humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hanincova, Klara ^a   Mukherjee, Priyanka ^a   Ogden, Nicholas H ^b   Margos, Gabriele ^c   Wormser, Gary P ^a   Reed, Kurt D ^d   Meece, Jennifer K ^e   Vandermause, Mary F ^e   Schwartz, Ira ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84884221809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073066     Document Type: Article

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