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Probing the Role of bba30, a Highly Conserved Gene of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Throughout the Mouse-Tick Infectious Cycle

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Borrelia burgdorferi , the causative agent of Lyme disease, has a complex and segmented genome consisting of a small linear chromosome and up to 21 linear and circular plasmids. Some of these plasmids are essential as they carry genes that are critical during the life cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete.

Source: Infection and Immunity

DOI: 10.1128/iai.00333-21

Authors: Bharti Bhatia, Chadwick Hillman, Philip E. Stewart, Patricia Rosa

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories

Language: English

Topic: Vector-borne infectious diseases

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

OpenAlex ID: W3203780262

FWCI: 0.207

Cites: 61

Cited by: 2

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