Complex population structure of Borrelia burgdorferi in southeastern and south central Canada as revealed by phylogeographic analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1309-1318

  Mechai, S ^a   Margos, G ^b,c,d   Feil, E J ^e   Lindsay, L R ^f   Ogden, N H ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c German National Reference Centre for Borrelia   (Germany)

^d BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA; ZOONOTIC DISEASE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BACTERIUM; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922051770     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03730-14     Document Type: Article

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