Isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains in an area of Italy where Lyme borreliosis is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2254-2260

  Ciceroni, L ^a   Ciarrochi, S ^a   Ciervo, A ^a   Mondarini, V ^a   Guzzo, F ^a   Caruso, G ^a   Murgia, R ^a   Cinco, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN OSP; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035016005     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2254-2260.2001     Document Type: Article

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