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A population genetic study of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto from eastern Long Island, New York, suggested frequency-dependent selection, gene flow and host adaptation.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 1997
Qiu W G, Bosler E M, Campbell J R, Ugine G D, Wang I N, Luft B J, Dykhuizen D E
Abstract excerpt
Eastern Long Island, New York, is one of the major foci of Lyme disease in the United States. As in almost all other parts of North America, Lyme disease in this region is caused by a single genomic species of spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. For three consecutive years, natural populations of Lyme Borrelia in this region were sampled and studied for gene flow among different locations, changes in...
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