Isolation and multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia burgdorferi from Ixodes scapularis collected from dogs in Ontario, Canada

Table 1 Borrelia burgdorferi MSLT sequence types identified from ticks removed from dogs in Ontario, Canada

Tick sample	Isolate 1 sequence type	Isolate 2 sequence type	Isolate 3 sequence type	Location (latitude, longitude)
A	16	16	16	44.02, -77.99
B	34	34	34	Unknown^c
C	16	16	16	Unknown^c
D	55	55	55	43.83, -79.08
E	16	16	16	44.90, -76.25
F	222	12	12	44.90, -76.25
G	48	48	48	44.90, -76.25
H	12	16	12	44.90, -76.25
I	317	12	317	44.90, -76.25
J	12	12	12	44.90, -76.25
K	14	14	14	44.33, -76.17
L	226	19	226	44.36, -76.17
M	639	639	639	43.68, -79.34
N	3	N/A^a	N/A^a	44.90, -76.25
O	19	19	N/A^a	44.90, -76.25
P	57	57	57	44.39, -77.90
Q	3	3	3	44.39, -77.90
R	18	Unknown^b	18	Unknown^c
S	36	N/A^a	N/A^a	44.48, -76.24
T	1	1	1	45.78, -79.38
U	9	Unknown^b	Unknown^b	43.41, -79.79

^aNot applicable as fewer than three colonies grew for that sample.
^bSequence data of insufficient quality (e.g., truncated, inability to call several base pairs across multiple loci).
^bThe location of tick acquisition was unable to be determined due to insufficient information provided with the sample.

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