Geographic Uniformity of the Lyme Disease Spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) and Its Shared History With Tick Vector(Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States.

Authors :: Wei-Gang Qiu
Dykhuizen, Daniel E.
Acosta, Michael S.
Luft, Benjamin J.
Source :: Genetics. Mar2002, Vol. 160 Issue 3, p833. 17p. 6 Diagrams, 8 Charts, 4 Graphs, 2 Maps.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Examines the geographic uniformity of lyme disease spirochete in the U.S. Description on genetic structure of Borrelia burgdorferi; Comparison of sampling natural population for tick vector; Evidences on the lack of gene silencing in local differentiation of ticks.

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