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Genomic Characteristics of Chinese Borrelia burgdorferi Isolates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Hao Qin, Du Pengcheng, Zhang Wen, Hou Xuexia, Zhang Lin, Zhang Yuanyuan, Liu Huixin, Liu Wei, Chen Chen, Wan Kanglin
Abstract excerpt
In China, B. burgdorferi, B.garinii, B. afzelii and B. yangtze sp. nov have been reported; B.garinii and B. afzelii are the main pathogenic genotypes. But until now only one Chinese strain was reported with whole genome sequence. In order to further understand the genomic characteristics and diversity of Chinese Borrelia strains, 5 isolates from China were sequenced and compared with the whole genome sequences of...
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