Molecular and pathogenic characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates from Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4026-4033

  Escudero, R ^a   Barral, M ^a   Perez A ^a   Mar Vitutia, M ^a   Garcia Perez A L ^a   Jimenez S ^a   Sellek, R E ^a   Anda, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA;

EID: 0034461991     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.4026-4033.2000     Document Type: Article

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