title: Typing of Borrelia relapsing fever group strains.
abstract: Partial sequencing of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer showed two to four genotypes each for Borrelia hermsii and B. turicatae, both relapsing fever agents transmitted by argasid ticks, and for B. miyamotoi and B. lonestari, transmitted by ixodid ticks. Field surveys of Ixodes ticks in Connecticut and Sweden showed limited local diversity for B. miyamotoi.
authors.affiliation: University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA. jbunikis@uci.edu
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunikis
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Garpmo
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berglund
authors.forename: Durland
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001898:Borrelia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000737:chemistry; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012061:Relapsing Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D021521:Ribotyping; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal