Detection and identification of Ehrlichia, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and Bartonella species in Dutch Ixodes ricinus ticks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2215-2222

  Schouls, Leo M ^a   Van De Pol, Ingrid ^a   Rijpkema, Sjoerd G T ^b   Schot, Corrie S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLACEAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0033038589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2215-2222.1999     Document Type: Article

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