A comparison of two DNA extraction approaches in the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from live Ixodes ricinus ticks by PCR and reverse line blotting

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-561

  Morán Cadenas, Francisca ^a   Schneider, Hélène ^a   Lommano, Elena ^a   Burri, Caroline ^a   Moret, Jacqueline ^a   Gern, Lise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Biology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; DNA extraction Infection prevalence; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU LATO; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; DNA DETERMINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCUBATION TIME; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE LINE BLOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 37549022972     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0596     Document Type: Article

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