Detection of Established Virulence Genes and Plasmids To Differentiate Borrelia burgdorferi Strains

The Propensity of Different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto Genotypes to Cause Disseminated Infections in Humans

(2018) Daniel E. Dykhuizen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Investigation of Genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected during Surveillance in Canada

(2011) N. H. Ogden et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pervasive Recombination and Sympatric Genome Diversification Driven by Frequency-Dependent Selection inBorrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Bacterium

(2011) James Haven et al.   GENETICS

Allelic Variation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhesin DbpA Influences Spirochetal Binding to Decorin, Dermatan Sulfate, and Mammalian Cells

(2011) Vivian M. Benoit et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Improving the Yield of Blood Cultures from Patients with Early Lyme Disease

(2011) Dionysios Liveris et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Loss of plasmids of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato during prolonged in vitro cultivation

(2011) Urška Glinšek Biškup et al.   PLASMID

High-Throughput Plasmid Content Analysis ofBorrelia burgdorferiB31 by Using Luminex Multiplex Technology

(2010) Steven J. Norris et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Whole-Genome Sequences of Thirteen Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) S. E. Schutzer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase, a critical enzyme for bacterial metabolism

(2010) Nikhat Parveen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Genotypic Variation and Mixtures of Lyme Borrelia in Ixodes Ticks from North America and Europe

(2010) Chris D. Crowder et al.   PLoS One

Evolution and Distribution of the ospC Gene, a Transferable Serotype Determinant of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) A. G. Barbour et al.   mBio

Analysis ofBorrelia burgdorferigenotypes in patients with lyme arthritis: High frequency of ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer type 1 strains in antibiotic-refractory arthritis

(2009) Kathryn L. Jones et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Detection and quantification of Lyme spirochetes using sensitive and specific molecular beacon probes

(2009) Diana S Saidac et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Fast, adaptive evolution at a bacterial host-resistance locus: The PFam54 gene array in Borrelia burgdorferi

(2009) Ewa Wywial et al.   GENE

Assessment of methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidases of Borrelia burgdorferi as targets for novel antimicrobials using a novel high-throughput method

(2009) K. A. Cornell et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparison of the Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi S. L. Isolated From the Tick Ixodes scapularis in Southeastern and Northeastern United States

(2009) James H. Oliver et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi following Antibiotic Treatment in Mice

(2008) E. Hodzic et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Assessment of decorin-binding protein A to the infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the murine models of needle and tick infection

(2008) Jon S Blevins et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Borrelia burgdorferi Lacking DbpBA Exhibits an Early Survival Defect during Experimental Infection

(2008) E. H. Weening et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Both Decorin-Binding Proteins A and B Are Critical for the Overall Virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2008) Y. Shi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Borrelia burgdorferiGenotype Predicts the Capacity for Hematogenous Dissemination during Early Lyme Disease

(2008) Gary P. Wormser et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2008) G. Margos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis after MluI restriction of genomic DNA

(2008) Eva Ružić-Sabljić et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY