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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

Elizabeth A. Mitchell, Phillip Williamson, Peggy M. Billingsley, Janel P. Seals, Erin E. Ferguson, and Michael S. AllenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (E.A. Mitchell, P.C. Williamson, P.M. Billingsley, J.P. Seals, E.E. Ferguson, M.S. Allen); Creative Testing Solutions, Tempe, Arizona, USA (P.C. Williamson); University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (P.M. Billingsley)

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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 pos

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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