Detection and genotyping of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by polymerase chain reaction

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-53

  Šitum, Mirna ^a   Grahovac, Blaženka ^b   Marković, Stribor ^b   Lipozenčić, Jasna ^a   Poje, Gorazd ^a   Dobrić, Ivan ^c   Marinović, Branka ^a   Bolanča Bumber, Smiljana ^a   Mišić Majerus, Ljiljana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^d Koprivnica General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bacterial gene proteins; Bacterial typing techniques; Biotyping, bacterial; Borrelia burgdorferi; Croatia; Erythema chronicum migrans; Flagellin; Gene products, bacterial; Nested PCR; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CROATIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0034060585     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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