Article
Genetic heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1997
Mathiesen D A, Oliver J H, Kolbert C P, Tullson E D, Johnson B J, Campbell G L, Mitchell P D, Reed K D, Telford S R, Anderson J F, Lane R S, Persing D H
Abstract excerpt
To examine in detail Borrelia burgdorferi strain diversity in the United States, 186 isolates from human, tick, and rodent sources were analyzed from multiple distinct geographic regions of the United States and abroad. Strains were characterized by genomic macrorestriction analysis and ospA and...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Surface
- Arachnid Vectors
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group
- Climate
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Disease Reservoirs
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Genetic Variation
- Humans