Determination of members of a Borrelia afzelii-related group isolated from Ixodes nipponensis in Korea as Borrelia valaisiana

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1409-1415

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Fukui, Takako ^a   Miyake, Masaki ^a   Oh, Hee Bok ^b   Cho, Min Kee ^c   Chang, Woo Hyun ^c   Imai, Yasuyuki ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Borrelia valaisiana; Ixodes nipponensis; Korea; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE;

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES NIPPONENSIS;

EID: 0032707366     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1409     Document Type: Article

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