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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF IXODID TICKS BASED ON THE RIBOSOMAL DNA SPACER, INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2, SEQUENCES
1 Feb 2000
Abstract excerpt
An internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequence between the 5.8S and 28S rRNA genes was used to estimate the phyletic relationships among Ixodes spp. tick vectors of Lyme disease-causing Borrelia spirochetes. Analysis indicates that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species associated with Lyme disease are found mainly in ticks of the Ixodes ricinus species complex. Other closely related tick species are not known...
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