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Lone Star Tick-Infecting Borreliae Are Most Closely Related to the Agent of Bovine Borreliosis
1 Feb 2001
Abstract excerpt
Although Borrelia theileri, the agent of bovine borreliosis, was described at the turn of the century (in 1903), its relationship with borreliae causing Lyme disease or relapsing fever remains undescribed. We tested the previously published hypothesis that spirochetes infecting Lone Star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) may comprise B. theileri by analyzing the 16S ribosomal DNAs (rDNAs) and flagellin genes of these...
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