Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains isolated from human material in Slovenia

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 544-550

  Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^a   Maraspin, Vera ^a   Lotrič Furlan, Stanka ^a   Jurca, Tomaž ^a   Logar, Mateja ^a   Pikelj Pečnik, Andreja ^a   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; Borrelia garinii; Characterisation; Isolation; Unusual plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN OSPB; PROTEIN OSPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLOVENIA; ACRODERMATITIS; CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ACRODERMATITIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; PHENOTYPE; SLOVENIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0037205668     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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