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Investigation of genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected during surveillance in Canada.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2011
Ogden N H, Margos G, Aanensen D M, Drebot M A, Feil E J, Hanincová K, Schwartz I, Tyler S, Lindsay L R
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the agent of Lyme disease in North America, has consequences for the performance of serological diagnostic tests and disease severity. To investigate B. burgdorferi diversity in Canada, where Lyme disease is emerging, bacterial DNA in 309 infected adult Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in surveillance was characterized by multilocus sequence typing...
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