PCR detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from Western Siberia, Russia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3802-3804

  Morozova, Olga V ^a   Dobrotvorsky, Andrey K ^a   Livanova, Natalya N ^a   Tkachev, Sergey E ^a   Bakhvalova, Valentina N ^a   Beklemishev, Anatoly B ^a   Cabello, Felipe C ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES PERSULCATUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIBERIA;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; RNA VIRUSES; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0036791244     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3802-3804.2002     Document Type: Article

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