Rapid differentiation of Borrelia garinii from Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto by LightCycler fluorescence melting curve analysis of a PCR product of the recA gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2756-2759

  Pietilä, Johanna ^a   He, Qiushui ^a,c   Oksi, Jarmo ^a   Viljanen, Matti K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Depts Med Microbiol and Dermatol   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033915327     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2756-2759.2000     Document Type: Article

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