Isolation and Transmission of the Lyme Disease Spirochete from the Southeastern United States

The isolation of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) from the southeastern United States is reported. Three isolates, two from cotton mice (Peromyscus gossypinus) and one from the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis), were recovered from Sapelo Island, Georgia, in July and September...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 1993-08, Vol.90 (15), p.7371-7375
Hauptverfasser:	Oliver, J. H., Chandler, F. W., Luttrell, M. P., James, A. M., Stallknecht, D. E., McGuire, B. S., Hutcheson, H. J., Cummins, G. A., Lane, R. S.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Animals, Wild - microbiology Antibodies Antigens, Surface - genetics Arachnid Vectors - microbiology Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - genetics Bacterial Vaccines Bacteriology Base Sequence Biological and medical sciences Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia burgdorferi Group - isolation & purification DNA, Bacterial - analysis Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gels Georgia Hamsters Ixodes scapularis Larvae Lipoproteins Lyme disease Lyme Disease - microbiology Medical research Mice Microbiology Molecular Sequence Data Nymphs Oligodeoxyribonucleotides - chemistry Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains Peromyscus - microbiology Peromyscus gossypinus Polymerase Chain Reaction Spirochaetales Ticks Ticks - microbiology
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