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J Clin Microbiol
; 49(5): 2035-9, 2011 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21411595
RESUMO
Multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia garinii isolates from humans and comparison with rodent and tick isolates were performed. Fifty-nine isolates were divided into two phylogenetic groups, and an association was detected between clinical and rodent isolates, suggesting that, in Japan, human-pathogenic B. garinii comes from rodents via ticks.