Multiple infections of Ixodes scapularis ticks by Borrelia burgdorferi as revealed by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysist

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 652-656

  Guttman, David S ^a   Wang, Pauline W ^a   Wang, Ing Nang ^a   Bosler, Edward M ^a   Luft, Benjamin J ^a   Dykhuizen, Daniel E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; SPIROCHAETALES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; IXODES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0030042803     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.652-656.1996     Document Type: Article

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