One-step reverse transcriptase PCR method for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi mRNA in mouse lyme arthritis tissue samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2037-2039

  Limbach, F X ^a,b   Jaulhac, B ^a,c   Piemont Y ^a   Kuntz, J L ^b   Monteil, H ^a   Sibilia, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Institut de Bacteriologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL VIABILITY; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0032938402     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2037-2039.1999     Document Type: Article

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