Genotypic Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Strains Detected in Ixodes scapularis Larvae Collected from North American Songbirds | Zendy

R. Jory Brinkerhoff | Zendy; Stephen J. Bent | Zendy; Corrine M. Folsom-O’Keefe | Zendy; Kimberly Tsao | Zendy; Anne Gatewood Hoen | Zendy; Alan G. Barbour | Zendy; Maria A. DiukWasser | Zendy

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Genotypic Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Strains Detected in Ixodes scapularis Larvae Collected from North American Songbirds

Author(s) -

R. Jory Brinkerhoff,

Stephen J. Bent,

Corrine M. Folsom-O’Keefe,

Kimberly Tsao,

Anne Gatewood Hoen,

Alan G. Barbour,

Maria A. DiukWasser

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.01585-10

Subject(s) - ixodes scapularis , borrelia burgdorferi , biology , nymph , host (biology) , ixodes , zoology , larva , genotype , tick , ixodidae , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , ecology , genetics , gene , antibody

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.

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