Characterization of Borrelia afzelii isolated from Ixodes nipponensis and Apodemus agrarius in Chungju, Korea, by PCR-RFLP analyses of ospC gene and rrf (5S)-rrl (23S) intergenic spacer

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 677-683

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Jung, Kwang Don ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Kim, Sang Choin ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Jang, Won Jong ^a   Park, Kyung Hee ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apodemus agrarius; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes nipponensis; OspC gene sequence analysis; PCR RFLP analyses of rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS AGRARIUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES NIPPONENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TICK;

ACARI; APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES NIPPONENSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036033473     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02751.x     Document Type: Article

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