MicrobiologybioRxiv
Identification and quantification of Lyme pathogen strains by deep sequencing of outer surface protein C (ospC) amplicons
L. Di, Z. Wan, S. Akther…·W. Qiu
The paper develops a deep sequencing method to identify and quantify Lyme pathogen strains by analyzing the ospC gene in ticks, revealing mixed infections and a new strain related to Borreliella bissettiae.
DOI 10.1128/jcm.00940-18