Detection and typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks attached to human skin by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3355-3358

  Liebisch, Gabriele ^a,b   Sohns, Bettina ^a   Bautsch, Wilfried ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0031697544     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3355-3358.1998     Document Type: Article

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