Phenotypic and genetic characterization of a novel Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolate from a patient with Lyme borreliosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3025-3028

  Wang, Guiqing ^a   Van Dam, Alje P ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0032780315     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.3025-3028.1999     Document Type: Article

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