Distribution of clinically relevant Borrelia genospecies in ticks assessed by a novel, single-run, real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-43

  Rauter, C ^a   Oehme, R ^a   Diterich, I ^a   Engele, M ^a   Hartung, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0036134980     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.36-43.2002     Document Type: Article

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