California researchers report they've sequenced the chromosome of Borrelia miyamotoi proving that this spirochete belongs to the relapsing fever Borrelia group (not the Borrelia burgdorferi or Lyme disease-causing group though still related

Comments from Georgia Lyme Disease Association: "New from the journal Genome Announcements: California researchers report they've sequenced the chromosome of Borrelia miyamotoi proving that this spirochete belongs to the relapsing fever Borrelia group (not the Borrelia burgdorferi or Lyme disease-causing group though still related)."

Chromosome Sequence of Borrelia miyamotoi, an Uncultivable Tick-Borne Agent of Human Infection

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