Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Research
Population Structure of East African Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp.
Table 2
Sample designation and accession numbers for Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii, East Africa
Strain designation | Species | GenBank accession no. | Reference |
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Bd11 | B. duttonii | GQ401243 | This study |
Bd9 | B. duttonii | GQ401244 | This study |
Tz blood donor 1 | B. duttonii | GQ401245 | This study |
SJC4 | B. recurrentis | GQ401246 | This study |
Br5 | B. recurrentis | GQ401247 | This study |
Br8 | B, recurrentis | GQ401248 | This study |
Br9 | B. recurrentis | GQ401249 | This study |
Tz blood donor 6 | B. duttonii | GQ401250 | This study |
Tz blood donor 19 | B. duttonii | GQ401251 | This study |
SJC13 | B. recurrentis | GQ401252 | This study |
Br2 | B. recurrentis | GQ401253 | This study |
Br3 | B. recurrentis | GQ401254 | This study |
Tz blood donor 2 | B. duttonii | GQ401255 | This study |
Tz blood donor 20 | B. duttonii | GQ401256 | This study |
Tz blood donor 4 | B. duttonii | GQ401257 | This study |
Bd2 | B. duttoii | GQ401258 | This study |
Bd3 | B. duttonii | GQ401259 | This study |
Bd7 | B. duttonii | GQ401260 | This study |
Bd10 | B. duttonii | GQ401261 | This study |
Bd14 | B. duttonii | GQ401262 | This study |
SJC1 | B. recurrentis | GQ401263 | This study |
Br1 | B. recurrentis | GQ401264 | This study |
Br10 | B. recurrentis | GQ401265 | This study |
Br12 | B. recurrentis | GQ401266 | This study |
Bd8 | B. duttonii | GQ401267 | This study |
Bd6 | B. duttonii | GQ401268 | This study |
Bd5 | B. duttonii | GQ401269 | This study |
Bd4 | B. duttonii | GQ401270 | This study |
Bd14 | B. duttonii | GQ401271 | This study |
Bd19 | B. duttonii | GQ401272 | This study |
Bd18 | B. duttonii | GQ401273 | This study |
Bd15 | B. duttonii | GQ401274 | This study |
Bd12 | B. duttonii | GQ401275 | This study |
Bd13 | B. duttonii | GQ401276 | This study |
Bd1 | B. duttonii | GQ401277 | This study |
Br7 | B. recurrentis | GQ401278 | This study |
A1 | B. recurrentis | DQ000277 | (3) |
A11 | B. recurrentis | DQ000278 | (3) |
Ly | B. duttonii | DQ000279 | (3) |
MA15 | B. duttonii | DQ000280 | (3) |
MA18 | B. duttonii | DQ000281 | (3) |
WM | B. duttonii | DQ000282 | (3) |
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