Heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato demonstrated by an ospA-type-specific PCR in synovial fluid from patients with Lyme arthritis

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-102

  Vasiliu, Vlad ^a   Herzer, Peter ^b   Rössler, Dieter ^a   Lehnert, Gisela ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Private Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme arthritis; Lyme borreliosis; Outer surface protein A; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0031789703     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050079     Document Type: Article

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