Article
Genetic variability within Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies established by PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the rrfA-rrlB intergenic spacer in ixodes ricinus ticks from the Czech Republic.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Derdáková Markéta, Beati Lorenza, Pet'ko Branislav, Stanko Michal, Fish Durland
Abstract excerpt
In Europe the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex is represented by five distinct genospecies: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii, Borrelia valaisiana, and Borrelia lusitaniae. These taxonomic entities are known to differ in their specific associations with vertebrate hosts and to provoke distinct clinical manifestations in human patients. However, exceptions to these rules...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group
- Czech Republic
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Ixodes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction