Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Amblyomma americanum ticks in the southeastern United States: the case of selective compatibility

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2016 May 25;5(5):e48. doi: 10.1038/emi.2016.45.

Authors

Nataliia Rudenko^{1

2}, Maryna Golovchenko^{1

2}, Kerry Clark³, James H Oliver², Libor Grubhoffer¹

Affiliations

¹ Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR, Department of Molecular Ecology of Vectors and Pathogens, Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic.
² Georgia Southern University, James H Oliver, Jr Institute for Coastal Plain Sciences, Statesboro, GA 30460-8056, USA.
³ Department of Public Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Borrelia burgdorferi / genetics
Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification*
Genes, Bacterial
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Ixodidae / microbiology*
Lyme Disease / epidemiology
Lyme Disease / microbiology
Southeastern United States / epidemiology