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Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto ospC alleles associated with human lyme borreliosis worldwide in non-human-biting tick Ixodes affinis and rodent hosts in Southeastern United States.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2013
Rudenko Nataliia, Golovchenko Maryna, Hönig Václav, Mallátová Nadja, Krbková Lenka, Mikulásek Peter, Fedorova Natalia, Belfiore Natalia M, Grubhoffer Libor, Lane Robert S, Oliver James H
Abstract excerpt
Comparative analysis of ospC genes from 127 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains collected in European and North American regions where Lyme disease is endemic and where it is not endemic revealed a close relatedness of geographically distinct populations. ospC alleles A, B, and L were detected on both continents in vectors and hosts, including humans. Six ospC alleles, A, B, L, Q, R, and V, were prevalent...
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