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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2003, p. 3008-3010, Vol. 69, No. 5
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.3008-3010.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Habitat-Specific Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Europe, Exemplified by Data from Latvia

Susanne Etti,1 Rosie Hails,2 Stefanie M. Schäfer,1,2,3 Simona De Michelis,3 Henna-Sisko Sewell,1,3 Antra Bormane,4 Michael Donaghy,5 and Klaus Kurtenbach1*

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, London,1 NERC Centre of Ecology and Hydrology,2 Department of Zoology,3 Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom,5 Public Health Agency of the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia, Riga, Latvia4

Received 11 July 2002/ Accepted 20 February 2003

The distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from ecologically distinct habitats in Latvia was analyzed. A significant variation in the frequency of the genospecies across sites was observed, pointing to the importance of the host community in the ecology of Lyme borreliosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Norfolk Pl., London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 20 7594 3787. Fax: 44 20 7594 3693. E-mail: k.kurtenbach{at}ic.ac.uk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2003, p. 3008-3010, Vol. 69, No. 5
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.3008-3010.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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