Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Novosibirsk region (West Siberia, Russia) based on direct PCR

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1155-1158

  Livanova, Nnatalya Nikolaevna ^a   Morozova, O'lga Vladimirovich ^b   Morozov, Igor' Vladimirovich ^b   Beklemishev, Anatoly Bonsovich ^c   Cabello, Felipe C ^d   Dobrotvorsky, Andrey Kirovich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of Biochemistry   (Russian Federation)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Genotyping; Ixodes persulcatus; Novosibirsk; West Siberia

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IXODES PERSULCATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA GENE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIBERIA;

EID: 0345827810     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000006632.26884.59     Document Type: Article

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