Rapid detection methods and prevalence estimation for Borrelia lonestari glpQ in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) pools of unequal size

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-156

  Bacon, Rendi Murphree ^a   Pilgard, Mark A ^a   Johnson, Barbara J B ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^a   Biggerstaff, Brad J ^a   Quintana, Miguel ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Borrelia lonestari; GlpQ; Infection rate; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; AMBLYOMMA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODIDAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MISSOURI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TAQ POLYMERASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; IXODIDAE;

EID: 23844442110     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.146     Document Type: Article

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