title: Genome sequence of Borrelia afzelii Strain HLJ01, isolated from a patient in China.
abstract: We report here the genome sequence of Borrelia afzelii strain HLJ01, isolated from a patient with Lyme disease in China. It is the first report of the whole genome of a B. burgdorferi sensu lato isolate from a human in China.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bao-Gui
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yuan-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yi-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Qiu-Bo
authors.initials: QB
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xue-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: X Frank
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jia-Fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wu-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial