Article
Enzootic origins for clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Jahfari Setareh, Krawczyk Aleksandra, Coipan E Claudia, Fonville Manoj, Hovius Joppe W, Sprong Hein, Takumi Katsuhisa
Abstract excerpt
Both early localized and late disseminated forms of Lyme borreliosis are caused by Borrelia burgdorferi senso lato. Differentiating between the spirochetes that only cause localized skin infection from those that cause disseminated infection, and tracing the group of medically-important spirochetes to a specific vertebrate host species, are two critical issues in disease risk assessment and management. Borrelia...
Topics
- Animals
- Arachnid Vectors
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Birds
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Clone Cells
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Intergenic
- Erythema Chronicum Migrans
- Genotype