Geographic Differences in Genetic Locus Linkages for Borrelia Burgdorferi

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2010 Jul 1

PMID 20587192

Citations 33

Authors

Bridgit Travinsky

Jonas Bunikis

Alan G Barbour

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Abstract

Borrelia burdorferi genotype in the northeastern United States is associated with Lyme borreliosis severity. Analysis of DNA sequences of the outer surface protein C gene and rrs-rrlA intergenic spacer from extracts of Ixodes spp. ticks in 3 US regions showed linkage disequilibrium between the 2 loci within a region but not consistently between regions.

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