Investigation of genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in surveillance in Canada.

Author:

Ogden, NH, Margos, G, Aanensen, DM, Drebot, MA, Feil, EJ, Hanincova, K, Schwartz, I, Tyler, S, and Lindsay, LR

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2011-03

Journal/Series title:

Appl Environ Microbio

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URL:

http://aem.asm.org/content/77/10/3244.abstract?sid=76056ef3-5355-4128-b645-46db6...

Abstract:

To investigate B. burgdorferi diversity in Canada, where Lyme disease is emerging, bacterial DNA in 309 infected adult Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in surveillance was characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and analysis of outer surface protein C gene (ospC) alleles.