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Phylogenetic analysis of a virulent Borrelia species isolated from patients with relapsing fever.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2010
Toledo A, Anda P, Escudero R, Larsson C, Bergstrom S, Benach J L
Abstract excerpt
Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) was used to clarify the taxonomic status of a virulent Borrelia organism previously isolated from patients with relapsing fever and from ticks in Spain that is designated the Spanish relapsing fever (SRF) Borrelia. This species has been used extensively in experimental infection models because of its continued virulence. Seven genes were amplified to analyze the phylogenetic...
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