Determination of novel Borrelia genospecies in Swedish Ixodes ricinus ticks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3308-3312

  Fraenkel, Carl Johan ^a   Garpmo, Ulf ^a   Berglund, Johan ^a  

^a BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLIN; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN; ANIMALS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0036708324     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3308-3312.2002     Document Type: Article

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