title: Geographic differences in genetic locus linkages for Borrelia burgdorferi.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4028, USA.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Travinsky
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunikis
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C079616:OspC protein