Identification of different Borrelia burgdorferi genomic groups from Scottish ticks

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 94-98

  Ling, C L ^a   Joss, A W L ^a   Davidson, M M ^a   Ho Yen, D O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis; Ribosomal RNA gene polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RNA GENE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

EID: 0034079650     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.53.2.94     Document Type: Article

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