2011
Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
Margos G, Vollmer S, Ogden N, Fish D. Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2011, 11: 1545-1563. PMID: 21843658, PMCID: PMC3214628, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary relationshipsSingle-locus approachesMultilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemeSequence typing schemePopulation geneticsPopulation structureBacterial speciesSensu latoLyme borreliosis spirochetesNovel insightsPhylogenyImportant groupLocus approachZoonotic bacteriaBacterial microorganismsBorrelia burgdorferi sensu latoTaxonomyTyping schemeBurgdorferi sensu latoGeneticsSpeciesLatoMicroorganismsBacteriaEvolution
2008
Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova
Movila A, Gatewood A, Toderas I, Duca M, Papero M, Uspenskaia I, Conovalov J, Fish D. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2008, 298: 149-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWild birdsI. lividusSensu latoB. burgdorferi s.I. ricinusLyme disease agentBurgdorferi s.Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latoBurgdorferi sensu latoIxodes ricinusBacterial speciesSequenced PCR productsForest ReserveFirst recordBirdsBorrelia sppLividusDisease agentsI. ricinus ticksImportant reservoirPCR productsLatoNorth AmericaRicinusS.