Analysis of the genetic polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Balmelli, Tiziano ^a   Piffaretti, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHINA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EUROPE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA JAPONICA; IXODES; IXODES OVATUS; JAPONICA; OVATUS;

EID: 0030070021     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-167     Document Type: Article

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