An ospA-polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism-based method for sensitive detection and reliable differentiation of all European Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species and OspA types

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 219-226

  Michel, H ^a   Wilske, B ^a   Hettche, G ^a   Gottner G ^a   Heimerl, C ^a   Reischl, U ^b   Schulte Spechtel, U ^a   Fingerle, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; OspA types; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Ticks

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES; TICK; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; IXODES; LEPTOSPIRA; LIPOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREPONEMA;

EID: 11244271465     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-003-0196-8     Document Type: Article

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