Dermacentor variabilis clinical isolate - genome and transcriptome sequencing. Dermacentor variabilis isolate:Clinical

Lyme disease is a multi-organ spirochete infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. The black legged tick, Ixodes scapularis is the vector of this disease. We took a molecular approach for identification of the vector and the causative pathogen. We were able to generate and analyze the deep sequencing data to identify the tick as a dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis and confirm the absence of any Borrelia species.