Genotypic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi strains detected in Ixodes scapularis larvae collected from North American songbirds.
We genotyped Borrelia burgdorferi strains detected in larvae of Ixodes scapularis removed from songbirds and compared them with those found in host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs sampled throughout the eastern United States. Birds are capable of transmitting most known genotypes, albeit at different frequencies than expected based on genotypes found among host-seeking nymphs.
Brinkerhoff
R Jory
RJ
Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, Box 208034, 60 College St., New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8034, USA. jbrinker@richmond.edu
Bent
Stephen J
SJ
Folsom-O'Keefe
Corrine M
CM
Tsao
Kimberly
K
Hoen
Anne Gatewood
AG
Barbour
Alan G
AG
Diuk-Wasser
Maria A
MA
D000818:Animals; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology; D009656:North America; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020308:Songbirds / Q000469:parasitology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer