Molecular diversity of the ospC gene in Borrelia. Impact on phylogeny, epidemiology and pathology.

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Lyme borreliosis is a 2 steps disease: i) Localized erythema migrans ii) occasionally a disseminated disease. Three out of the 10 up to now described Borrelia species are pathogenic for man and each of them exhibits its own organotropism: joints for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (B.b. ss), nervous system for B. garinii, skin for B. afzelii, ospc gene is subject to lateral transfer leading to a huge diversity...

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