Genetic Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto in Peromyscus leucopus, the Primary Reservoir of Lyme Disease in a Region of Endemicity in Southern Maryland

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  2006

• Venue

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1128/AEM.00014-06PMID 16885284PMCID PMC1538722
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