Development of a sequence-based in silico OspA typing method for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
Jonathan T. Lee, Zheng-Hui Li, Lorna Nuñez, Daniel Katze, Bradley Scott Perrin, Varun Raghuraman, Urvi Rajyaguru, Katrina E. Llamera, Lubomira Andrew, Annaliesa S. Anderson, Joppe W. Hovius, Paul Liberator, Raphael Simon, Hao Li
This paper develops an in silico sequence-based method for OspA typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato using next-generation sequencing data, identifying new OspA variants and introducing a novel nomenclature system.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2023 · PreprintGenomics