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The rare ospC allele L of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, commonly found among samples collected in a coastal plain area of the southeastern United States, is associated with ixodes affinis ticks and local rodent hosts Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmodon hispidus.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2013
Rudenko Nataliia, Golovchenko Maryna, Grubhoffer Libor, Oliver James H
Abstract excerpt
The rare ospC allele L was detected in 30% of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains cultured from a tick species, Ixodes affinis, and two rodent host species, Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmodon hispidus, collected in a coastal plain area of Georgia and South Carolina, in the southeastern United States.
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