Isolation of Borrelia afzelii from a dog

Veterinary Record

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-20

  Speck, S ^a   Reiner, B ^a   Wittenbrink, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0035822492     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.1.19     Document Type: Article

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