Search for the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi senso lato by polymerase chain reaction in Chilean ticks;Búsqueda de la espiroqueta Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato mediante PCR en garrapatas ixoideas chilenas silvestres

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 270-276

  Osorio A, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Tick home diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILE; DEER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILE; DEER; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035293529     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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