Molecular characterization of lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) isolated in Taiwan by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of 5s(rrf)-23s(rrl) intergenic spacer amplicons

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 504-510

  Chao, Li Lian ^a   Shih, Chien Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; SPACER DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PURIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0036858991     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.504     Document Type: Article

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