Molecular characterization of tickborne relapsing fever Borrelia, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1740-1743

  Assous, Marc Victor ^a,b,c   Wilamowski, Amos ^a   Bercovier, Herve ^b   Marva, Esther ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Government Central Laboratories   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA INFECTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 33750546882     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1211.060715     Document Type: Article

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