Genospecies identification and characterization of lyme disease spirochetes of genospecies Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolated from rodents in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3127-3132

  Shih, Chien Ming ^a   Chang, Han Ming ^a   Chen, Show Li ^a   Chao, Li Lian ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECTIVORE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; TAIWAN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031669811     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3127-3132.1998     Document Type: Article

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