Linkage blocks involving multiple replicons organize Borrelia burgdorferi strain variation and influence virulence in Lyme disease

Authors: Rachel A. Laing, Michael J. Foster, M. Amine Hassani, Benjamin Kotzen, Alexander Arvanitis, Weihua Huang, Terrence Shea, Ali A. Djarou, Gordon C. Adams, Stephen F. Schaffner, Tjasa Cerar, Lisa Freimark, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, Dionysios Liveris, Radha Iyer, Brenda Rosario Perez, Kathleen Fitch, Linden Hu, Robert Smith, Kurt D. Reed, John A. Branda, Allen C. Steere, Gary P. Wormser, Franc Strle, Pardis C. Sabeti, Ashlee M. Earl, Ira Schwartz, Klemen Strle, Jacob E. Lemieux