Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus ticks from southern Bohemia using monoclonal antibodies

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 797-806

  Štěpánová Tresová, Gabriela ^a,c   Kopecký, Jan ^a,b   Kuthejlová, Marie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC STRAIN; IXODES RICINUS; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREVALENCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 1642618154     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(00)80005-5     Document Type: Article

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