Homogeneity of Borrelia japonica and heterogeneity of Borrelia afzelii and 'Borrelia tanukii' isolated in Japan, determined from ospC gene sequences

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-293

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Komikado, Tetsuro ^a   Kaneda, Kazuhide ^a   Fukui, Takako ^a   Sawaki, Katsuji ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia japonica; Borrelia tanukii; OspC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; MURIDAE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TICKS;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA JAPONICA; BORRELIA TANUKII; JAPONICA;

EID: 0030805035     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00252-8     Document Type: Article

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