title: The rare ospC allele L of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, commonly found among samples collected in a coastal plain area of the southeastern United States, is associated with ixodes affinis ticks and local rodent hosts Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmodon hispidus.
abstract: The rare ospC allele L was detected in 30% of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains cultured from a tick species, Ixodes affinis, and two rodent host species, Peromyscus gossypinus and Sigmodon hispidus, collected in a coastal plain area of Georgia and South Carolina, in the southeastern United States.
authors.affiliation: Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. natasharudenko@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nataliia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudenko
authors.forename: Maryna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golovchenko
authors.forename: Libor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grubhoffer
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D015144:Southeastern United States
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C079616:OspC protein