Highly virulent and infectious Lyme disease strain, Borrelia burgdorferi OspC type A genotype, has specific genetic elements which could provide clues to its spread (IMAGE)

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Highly virulent and infectious Lyme disease strain, Borrelia burgdorferi OspC type A genotype, has specific genetic elements which could provide clues to its spread

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Dark field microscopy of Borrelia burgdorferi

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Jacob Lemieux, CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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