Fig. 4

Comparison of the pairwise genetic distances of HTRF borreliae and vector ticks or geographical distance. Correlation of the pairwise genetic distances of HTRF borreliae and the mt-rrs of vector ticks (A) or geographical distance between isolation sites (B) were shown. The pairwise genetic distances of 29 HTRF borreliae strains and vector ticks were defined by chromosome ANIb values and mt-rrs sequence divergence, respectively, and geographical distances were calculated with Google Maps. Pearson’s correlation coefficients are indicated