Detection of Borrelia lonestari in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Tennessee

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-102

  Stegall faulk, T ^a   Clark, D C ^a   Wright, S M ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Americanum; B. lonestari; Lyme like; STARI

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE;

PRIMER DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0037268548     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.100     Document Type: Article

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