Strain typing of Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii by using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4612-4618

  Farlow, Jason ^a   Postic, Danielle ^b   Smith, Kimothy L ^a   Jay, Zack ^a   Baranton, Guy ^b   Keim, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 18744372699     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4612-4618.2002     Document Type: Article

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