Unusual strain of Borrelia burgdorferi isolated from Ixodes dentatus in central Georgia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 936-940

  Oliver Jr , James H ^a   Chandler Jr , Francis W ^a,b   James, Angela M ^a   Huey, Lee O ^a,b   Vogel, Gregory N ^a   Sanders Jr , F Hunt ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GEORGIA; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030463927     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284202     Document Type: Article

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