Genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks from Mainland Portugal

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2128-2133

  De Michelis, Simona ^a,b   Sewell, Henna Sisko ^a,b   Collares Pereira, Margarida ^c   Santos Reis, Margarida ^d   Schouls, Leo M ^e   Benes, Vladimir ^f   Holmes, Edward C ^a   Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

^f EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0034121788     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2128-2133.2000     Document Type: Article

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