Genome Stability of Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Comparative Genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi Plasmids

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne human illness in North America. In order to understand the molecular pathogenesis, natural diversity, population structure and epizootic spread of the North American Lyme agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, a much better understanding of the natural...

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Main Authors: Casjens, Sherwood R., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., Qiu, Wei-Gang, Luft, Benjamin J., Schutzer, Steven E., Gilcrease, Eddie B., Huang, Wai Mun, Vujadinovic, Marija, Aron, John K., Vargas, Levy C., Freeman, Sam, Radune, Diana, Weidman, Janice F., Dimitrov, George I., Khouri, Hoda M., Sosa, Julia E., Halpin, Rebecca A., Dunn, John J., Fraser, Claire M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303823/