GlpQ: An antigen for serological discrimination between relapsing fever and Lyme borreliosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2483-2492

  Schwan, Tom G ^a   Schrumpf, Merry E ^a   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a   Anderson Jr , Donald E ^b   Konkel, Michael E ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; FEVER; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACARI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODOROS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0029818725     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2483-2492.1996     Document Type: Article

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