Characteristics of Lyme disease spirochetes in archived European ticks

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 424-426

  Matuschka, Franz Rainer ^a   Ohlenbusch, Andreas ^b   Eiffert, Helmut ^b   Richter, Dania ^b   Spielman, Andrew ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

EID: 0029893002     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.2.424     Document Type: Article

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