Confirmation of borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes by polymerase chain reaction in placentas of women with reactive serology for lyme antibodies

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 240-243

  Figueroa, Reinaldo ^a   Bracero, Luis A ^a   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria ^a   Beneck, Debra ^a   Coleman, John ^a   Schwartz, Ira ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Placenta; Spirochetes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0029951851     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000292277     Document Type: Article

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