Identification of Three Clinically Relevant Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of 16S-23S Ribosomal DNA Spacer Amplicons

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1444-1449

  Ranka, Renate ^a,c   Bormane, Antra ^b   Salmina, Kristine ^a   Baumanis, Viesturs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b Public Health Agency   (Latvia)

^c LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; IXODES; LATVIA; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 12844268633     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1444-1449.2004     Document Type: Article

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