MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin o...
MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi
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Margos, Gabriele , Gatewood, Anne G , Aanensen, David M , Hanincová, Klára , Terekhova, Darya , Vollmer, Stephanie A , Cornet, Muriel , Piesman, Joseph , Donaghy, Michael , Bormane, Antra , Hurn, Merrilee A , Feil, Edward J , Fish, Durland , Casjens, Sherwood , Wormser, Gary P , Schwartz, Ira and Kurtenbach, Klaus
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Lyme borreliosis, caused by the tick-borne bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, has become the most common vector-borne disease in North America over the last three decades. To understand the dynamics of the epizootic spread and to predict the evolutionary trajectories of B. burgdorferi, accurate information on the population structure and the evolution...
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MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19646431
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19646431
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0800323105
