Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolated from rodents and a tick from the south-eastern USA
A group of 16 isolates with genotypic characteristics different from those of known species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex were cultured from ear biopsies of the rodents Peromyscus gossypinus and Neotoma floridana trapped at five localities in South Carolina, USA, and from the tick I...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Society for General Microbiology
2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081087/ |