Isolation and Genetic Characterization of the Human Relapsing Fever Spirochete <i>Borrelia persica</i> from a Dog with Improved Cultivation Techniques

<div>A maximum likelihood phylogram comparing 249-bp DNA fragment sequences of the <i>glpQ</i>-gene from the canine blood and cultured <i>B. persica</i> strain included in the study to sequences from other <i>B. persica</i> and other <i>Borrelia</i> spp. (GenBank accessions). New sequences derived from this study are marked with black diamond squares. The GenBank accession numbers, species of infected host, and country of origin are included for each sequence. The Tamura-3-parameter model was used in the construction of this phylogram with bootstrap performed on 1,000 replicates, and values higher than 70% are indicated.</div>

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

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Figure 5: Isolation and Genetic Characterization of the Human Relapsing Fever Spirochete <i>Borrelia persica</i> from a Dog with Improved Cultivation Techniques 

Figure 5 | Isolation and Genetic Characterization of the Human Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia persica from a Dog with Improved Cultivation Techniques 