Species-specific plasmid sequences for PCR identification of the three species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato involved in lyme disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Misonne, Marie Christine ^a   Hoet, Philippe Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIROCHETE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0031985491     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.269-272.1998     Document Type: Article

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