The Genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the Agent of Deadly Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever, Is a Degraded Subset of Tick-Borne Borrelia duttonii

Magali Lescot; Stéphane Audic; Catherine Robert; Thi Tien Nguyen; Guillaume Blanc; Sally J. Cutler; Patrick Wincker; Arnaud Couloux; Jean-Michel Claverie; Didier Raoult; Michel Drancourt

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000185

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The Genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the Agent of Deadly Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever, Is a Degraded Subset of Tick-Borne Borrelia duttonii

Magali Lescot,

Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
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Stéphane Audic,

Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
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Catherine Robert,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Thi Tien Nguyen,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Guillaume Blanc,

Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
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Sally J. Cutler,

Affiliation School of Health and Bioscience, University of East London, Stratford, London, United Kingdom
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Patrick Wincker,

Affiliation Genoscope (CEA), Evry, France
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Arnaud Couloux,

Affiliation Genoscope (CEA), Evry, France
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Jean-Michel Claverie,

Affiliation Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory, CNRS UPR2589, IFR88, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France
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Didier Raoult,

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Michel Drancourt

* E-mail: michel.drancourt@univmed.fr

Affiliation Unité des Rickettsies, UMR CNRS-IRD 6236, IFR48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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The Genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the Agent of Deadly Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever, Is a Degraded Subset of Tick-Borne Borrelia duttonii

Magali Lescot,
Stéphane Audic,
Catherine Robert,
Thi Tien Nguyen,
Guillaume Blanc,
Sally J. Cutler,
Patrick Wincker,
Arnaud Couloux,
Jean-Michel Claverie,
Didier Raoult

Published: September 12, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000185

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