Trans-Atlantic exchanges have shaped the population structure of the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

The origin and population structure of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), the agent of Lyme disease, remain obscure. This tick-transmitted bacterial species occurs in both North America and Europe. We sequenced 17 European isolates (representing the most frequently found sequence types in Eu...

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Main Authors: Castillo-Ramírez, S., Fingerle, V., Jungnick, S., Straubinger, R. K., Krebs, S., Blum, H., Meinel, D. M., Hofmann, H., Guertler, P., Sing, A., Margos, G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783777/