Molecular identification and analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in lizards in the southeastern United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2616-2625

  Clark, Kerry ^a   Hendricks, Amanda ^a   Burge, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; GENES; PROTEINS;

INFECTION; LIZARDS; RODENTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

FLAGELLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN P66;

HEMOPARASITE; HOST SELECTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANDERSONII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18444411020     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2616-2625.2005     Document Type: Article

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