Culturing selects for specific genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in an enzootic cycle in Colorado

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2359-2364

  Norris, Douglas E ^a,c   Johnson, Barbara J B ^b   Piesman, Joseph ^b   Maupin, Gary O ^b   Clark, Jessica L ^a   Black IV, William C ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; NEOTOMA MEXICANA; UNCULTURED SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0030800115     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2359-2364.1997     Document Type: Article

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