Phylogenesis of relapsing fever Borrelia spp.

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 859-865

  Marti Ras, N ^a   Lascola, B ^b   Postic, D ^a   Cutler, S J ^c   Rodhain, F ^a   Baranton, G ^a   Raoult, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANSERINA; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA HISPANICA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BORRELIA PARKERI; BORRELIA PERSICA; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE;

EID: 10244246580     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-859     Document Type: Article

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