Analysis of the intergenic sequences provided by Feria-Arroyo et al. does not support the claim of high Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection rates in Texas and northeastern Mexico

Table 1 Comparison of Feria-Arroyo et al. IGS sequences with B. burgdorferi B31

	Region analyzed^a
Genbank Entry No.	Beginning	End	Length	No. differences from B31	% Identity	Sequence differences (coordinate, difference)
KJ826414	97	944	848	0	100
KJ826415	53	813	761	1	99.9	765, A → T
KJ826416	172	835	664	7	98.9	267, G → A; 338, G → A; 691, T → A; 776, A → G; 784, T → C; 819, T → A; 829, T → A
KJ826417	127	944	818	0	100
KJ826418	128	944	817	9	98.9	790, C → A; 836, add C; 839 A → G; 849, T → A; 902, A → C; 915 add G; 917, A → T; 921, A → T; 923, T → G
KJ826419	43	944	902	0	100
KJ826420	49	944	896	1	99.9	930, A → −^b
KJ826421	49	973	925	1	99.9	840, A → −
KJ826422	49	944	896	1	99.9	691, T → −
KJ826423	49	941	893	0	100
KJ826424	74	944	871	0	100
KJ826425	49	944	896	0	100
KJ826426	49	941	893	0	100
KJ826427	49	944	896	0	100
KJ826428	49	944	896	2	99.8	903, A → T; 909 A → −
KJ826429	49	944	896	1	99.9	909, A → −
KJ826430	49	941	893	0	100
KJ826431	49	944	896	0	100
KJ826432	49	944	896	1	99.9	839, A → G
KJ826433	49	941	893	2	99.8	668, T → G; 887, A → G
KJ826434	49	944	896	1	99.9	920, C → G

^aExcludes 5’ and 3’ regions with apparent sequence errors. Coordinates given are the corresponding B31 nt in the manually optimized sequence alignment.
^brelative deletion.

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