Visualization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on whole-body sections of Ixodes ricinus ticks and gerbil skin biopsies

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1425-1436

  Hammer, B ^a   Moter, A ^a   Kahl, O ^a   Alberti, G ^a   Gobel U B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropods; FISH; In situ hybridization; Lyme borreliosis; Mixed infection

Indexed keywords

FAT; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RESIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADIPOCYTE MEMBRANE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERBIL; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPIROCHETE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE SECTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; GERBILLINAE; IXODES RICINUS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 0034965170     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-6-1425     Document Type: Article

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