PCR-reverse line blot typing method underscores the genomic heterogeneity of Borrelia valaisiana species and suggests its potential involvement in Lyme disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3690-3698

  Godfroid, Edmond ^a   Hu, Chang Min ^b   Humair, Pierre François ^b   Bollen, Alex ^a   Gern, Lise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTINYLATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HYBRIDIZATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSPA GENE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SKIN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA;

EID: 0041522452     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3690-3698.2003     Document Type: Article

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