Typing of Borrelia Relapsing Fever Group Strains

Typing of Borrelia Relapsing Fever Group Strains

Partial sequencing of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer showed two to four genotypes each for Borrelia hermsii and B. turicatae, both relapsing fever agents transmitted by argasid ticks, and for B. miyamotoi and B. lonestari, transmitted by ixodid ticks. Field surveys of Ixodes ticks in Connecticut...

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Main Authors: Jonas Bunikis, Jean I. Tsao, Ulf Garpmo, Johan Berglund, Durland Fish, Alan G. Barbour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Borrelia infections
Lyme disease, relapsing fever, soft ticks
hard ticks
rRNA operon
intergenic region
p66 outer membrane protein gene, dispatch
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/9/04-0236_article

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