Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
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Frequency and Distribution of Rickettsiae, Borreliae, and Ehrlichiae Detected in Human-Parasitizing Ticks, Texas, USA
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![Maximum-likelihood tree showing that the novel Borrelia sp. identified in Amblyomma maculatum ticks from Texas in this study (box, ) and from Mississippi (12) shares a closer phylogenetic relationship to B. turcica than to to other Borreliae groups. Analysis is based on flaB sequences (267 bp). GenBank accession numbers are shown in parentheses. Tree was constructed using the Tamura 3-parameter model with a bootstrap value of 1,000 replicates. Scale bar indicates substitutions per nucleotide pos](/eid/images/15-0469-F1.jpg)
Figure. Maximum-likelihood tree showing that the novel Borrelia sp. identified in Amblyomma maculatum ticks from Texas in this study (box) and from Mississippi (12) shares a closer phylogenetic relationship to B. turcica than to to other Borreliae groups. Analysis is based on flaB sequences (267 bp). GenBank accession numbers are shown in parentheses. Tree was constructed using the Tamura 3-parameter model with a bootstrap value of 1,000 replicates. Scale bar indicates substitutions per nucleotide position.
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