Population Structure of East African Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp.

Differentiation of endemic East African tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia duttonii spirochetes from epidemic louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) B. recurrentis spirochetes into different species has been questioned. We assessed a noncoding intragenic spacer (IGS) region to compare genotypes found i...

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Main Authors: Sally J. Cutler, E. Margarita Bonilla, Rajbir J. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/09-1085_article