First isolation and cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Missouri

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Oliver Jr , J H ^a   Kollars Jr , T M ^a   Chandler Jr , F W ^b   James, A M ^a,e   Masters, E J ^c   Lane, R S ^d   Huey, L O ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Family Physicians Group Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLAGELLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI B31; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA HERMSII; IXODES; IXODES DENTATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 0031984859     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.1-5.1998     Document Type: Article

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