Identification of an uncultivable Borrelia species in the hard tick Amblyomma americanum: Possible agent of a lyme disease-like illness

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Barbour, Alan G ^a   Maupin, Gary O ^b   Teltow, Glenna J ^b   Carter, Carol J ^b   Piesman, Joseph ^b  

^a Univ of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030034399     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.2.403     Document Type: Article

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