Detection and molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks and in different patient samples from southwest Germany

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1067-1074

  Schaarschmidt, Daniel ^a   Oehme, R ^b   Kimmig, P ^b   Hesch, R D Dieter ^a   Englisch, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Landesgesundheit Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Genospecies distribution; Patient samples; PCR; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036911159     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021286528058     Document Type: Article

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