Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in lizards from southern Maryland

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-49

  Swanson, Katherine I ^a,c   Norris, Douglas E ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WRAIR   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lizards; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUMECES; IXODES; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; LIZARDS; MARYLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EUMECES; IXODES; IXODIDA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34247204815     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0548     Document Type: Article

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