Geographic differences in genetic locus linkages for Borrelia burgdorferi.
Borrelia burdorferi genotype in the northeastern United States is associated with Lyme borreliosis severity. Analysis of DNA sequences of the outer surface protein C gene and rrs-rrlA intergenic spacer from extracts of Ixodes spp. ticks in 3 US regions showed linkage disequilibrium between the 2 loci within a region but not consistently between regions.
Travinsky
Bridgit
B
University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4028, USA.
Bunikis
Jonas
J
Barbour
Alan G
AG
D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000235:genetics*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D056426:Genetic Loci; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology; D009511:New England
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C079616:OspC protein