Rapid and sensitive quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mouse tissues by continuous fluorescent monitoring of PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 987-992

  Morrison, Tom B ^a   Ma, Ying ^a   Weis, John H ^a   Weis, Janis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0032993875     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.987-992.1999     Document Type: Article

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