Lyme disease is a tick-borne zoonosis caused by several genospecies of the spirochete
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. 1 The organism normally cycles among small mammals and …

In order to understand the population structure and dynamics of bacterial microorganisms,
ty** systems that accurately reflect the phylogenetic and evolutionary relationship of the …

The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We
describe the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors …

The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, is the primary vector to humans in the eastern
United States of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, as well as causative …

Lyme disease has increased both in incidence and geographic extent in the United States
and Canada over the past two decades. One of the underlying causes is changes during the …

Since the discovery of the Lyme disease spirochete in North America in 1982 and in Europe
in 1983, a plethora of studies on this unique group of spirochetes that comprise Borrelia …

The Lyme borreliosis agent Borrelia burgdorferi and the relapsing fever group species
Borrelia miyamotoi co-occur in the United States. We used species-specific, quantitative …

Interest in tick-transmitted pathogens has experienced an upsurge in the past few decades.
Routine application of tools for the detection of fragments of foreign DNA in ticks, together …

The mammalian meat allergy known as the “α-Gal syndrome” relates to IgE specific for
galactose-α-1, 3-galactose (α-Gal), an oligosaccharide that is present in cells and tissues of …