Characterization of Borrelia lusitaniae isolates collected in Tunisia and Morocco

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1587-1593

  Younsi, Hend ^a   Sarih, M'Hammed ^b   Jouda, Fatima ^c   Godfroid, Edmond ^d   Gern, Lise ^c   Bouattour, Ali ^a   Baranton, Guy ^e   Postic, Daniele ^e  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IXODES RICINUS; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOROCCO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 16844381442     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1587-1593.2005     Document Type: Article

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