First characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from ticks and skin biopsy in Bulgaria

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 171-175

  Christova, Iva ^a   Hohenberger, Susanne ^b   Zehetmeier, Carol ^b   Wilske, Bettina ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; Borrelia garinii; Borrelia isolates from Bulgaria; Lyme borreliosis; OspA serotypes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BULGARIA; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BULGARIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA PROBES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROTYPING; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031977609     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050061     Document Type: Article

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