Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of strains of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi from Canadian emergence zones.

Author:
Tyler, S, Tyson, S, Dibernardo, A, Drebot, MA, Feil, EJ, Graham, M, Knox, NC, Lindsay, LR, Margos, G, Mechai, S, Van Domselaar, G, Thorpe, HA, and Ogden, NH
Publication type: 
Journal Article
Publication date: 
2018-07
Journal/Series title: 
Sci Rep
Volume: 
8
Issue: 
1
URL: 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6043495/
Abstract: 

Sixty-four unique strains were cultured from ticks collected in southern Canada and the genomes sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform.