Core genome phylogenetic analysis of the avian associated Borrelia turdi indicates a close relationship to Borrelia garinii

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato comprises a species complex of tick-transmitted bacteria that includes the agents of human Lyme borreliosis. Borrelia turdi is a genospecies of this complex that exists in cryptic transmission cycles mainly between ornithophilic tick vectors and their avian hosts. The...

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Main Author: Margos, G. (author)
Other Authors: Becker, N.S. (author), Fingerle, V. (author), Sing, A. (author), Ramos, J.A. (author), Lopes de Carvalho, I. (author), Norte, A.C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/5933
Country:Portugal
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