PCR-Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the ospC gene for detection of mixed culture and for epidemiological typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-63

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Komikado, Tetsuro ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031041398     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.1.60-63.1997     Document Type: Article

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