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M. A. Combs

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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M. A. Diuk-Wasser· 2 shared S.-O. Kolokotronis· 2 shared Y.-P. Lin· 2 shared A. D. Davis· 1 shared A. L. Marcinkiewicz· 1 shared A. P. Dupuis· 1 shared A. T. Ciota· 1 shared B. Adams· 1 shared

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Phylogenomic diversity elucidates mechanistic insights into Lyme borreliae host association

M. A. Combs, A. L. Marcinkiewicz, A. P. Dupuis, A. D. Davis, P. Lederman, T. A. Nowak, J. L. Stout, K. Strle, V. Fingerle, G. Margos, A. T. Ciota, M. A. Diuk-Wasser, S.-O. Kolokotronis, Y.-P. Lin

This study investigates how genetic variation in Lyme disease-causing Borrelia burgdorferi strains relates to their ability to evade host complement immune responses, revealing host-specific complement-evasion phenotypes.

bioRxiv · May 25, 2022Microbiology

Host adaptation drives genetic diversity in a vector-borne disease system

M. A. Combs, D. M. Tufts, B. Adams, Y.-P. Lin, S.-O. Kolokotronis, M. A. Diuk-Wasser

The paper investigates genetic diversity in Borrelia burgdorferi across different hosts and finds that genotype-specific host adaptation contributes to maintaining intraspecific diversity and influences disease risk.

bioRxiv · May 19, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology