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Ancient <i>Borrelia</i> genomes document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever

2024-07-19

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Several disease-causing bacteria have transitioned from tick-borne to louse-borne transmission, a process associated with increased virulence and genome reduction. However, the historical time frame and speed of such evolutionary transitions have not been documented with ancient genomes. Here, we discover four ancient cases of Borrelia recurrentis , the causative agent of louse-borne relapsing fever, in Britain b...

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Literature Corpus work: e99d8c7b-6e21-517d-9476-0dbc89de97b6
DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.18.603748

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