Inhibition of efficient polymerase chain reaction amplification of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in blood-fed ticks

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-342

  Schwartz, Ira ^a   Varde, Shobha ^a   Nadelman, Robert B ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a   Fish, Durland ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0030929848     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.339     Document Type: Article

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