Relapsing fever in a traveller from Senegal: determination of Borrelia species using molecular methods

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 992-994

  Tordini, G ^a   Giaccherini, R ^a   Corbisiero, R ^a   Zanelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia; PCR; Senegal; Tick borne relapsing fever; Travel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SENEGAL; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE;

EID: 33746590391     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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