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Genomic insights into the ancient spread of Lyme disease across North America.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Oct 2017
Walter Katharine S, Carpi Giovanna, Caccone Adalgisa, Diuk-Wasser Maria A
Abstract excerpt
Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in North America and continues to spread. The disease was first clinically described in the 1970s in Lyme, Connecticut, but the origins and history of spread of the Lyme disease bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), are unknown. To explore the evolutionary history of B. burgdorferi in North America, we collected ticks from across the USA and...
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