Molecular polymorphism of the Lyme disease agent Borrelia garinii in Northern Europe is influenced by a novel enzootic Borrelia focus in the North Atlantic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 364-368

  Bunikis, Jonas ^a   Olsén, Björn ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^b   Bonnedahl, Jonas ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^b   Bergström, Sven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES URIAE;

EID: 0030027293     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.364-368.1996     Document Type: Article

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