Molecular and microscopical evidence of Ehrlichia spp. and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in patients, animals and ticks in the Czech Republic

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-448

  Hulinska, D ^a   Votypka, J ^a   Plch, J ^a   Vlcek, E ^a   Valesova M ^b   Bojar, M ^c   Hulinsky, V ^d   Smetana, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Department of Pediatric Surgery   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IXODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036777437     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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