Geographic uniformity of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) and its shared history with tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States.

Over 80% of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States occur in coastal regions of northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. The genetic structure of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) and its main tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) was studied concurrently and comparatively by sam...

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Main Authors: Qiu, Wei-Gang, Dykhuizen, Daniel E, Acosta, Michael S, Luft, Benjamin J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1462027/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11901105
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