Evidence of Borrelia lonestari DNA in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Removed from Humans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5557-5562

  Stromdahl, Ellen Y ^a   Williamson, Phillip C ^b   Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a   Evans, Sandra R ^a   Barry, Ryan K ^a   Vince, Mary A ^a   Dobbs, Nicole A ^b  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN;

AMBLYOMMA; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; DNA SEQUENCE; INSECT BITE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IXODIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0348110218     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5557-5562.2003     Document Type: Article

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