Volume 22, Number 5—May 2016
Research
Differences in Genotype, Clinical Features, and Inflammatory Potential of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto Strains from Europe and the United States
Figure 1
![Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains by outer surface protein C (OspC) and ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer type (RST). A) 29 isolates from patients with Lyme borreliosis in cental Europe (Slovenia). B) 90 isolates from patients with erythema migrans in the northeastern United States. OspC types are indicated by letters, and RSTs are indicated by colors. Red, RST1; blue, RST2; purple, RST3. *Based on previously published data (10). †Denotes OspC genotype (OspC type B) found](/eid/images/15-1806-F1.jpg)
Figure 1. Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains by outer surface protein C (OspC) and ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer type (RST). A) 29 isolates from patients with Lyme borreliosis in cental Europe (Slovenia). B) 90 isolates from patients with erythema migrans in the northeastern United States. OspC types are indicated by letters, and RSTs are indicated by colors. Red, RST1; blue, RST2; purple, RST3. *Based on previously published data (10). †Denotes OspC genotype (OspC type B) found in central Europe and the United States.
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1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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