Comparison of an oligo-chip based assay with PCR method to measure the prevalence of tick-borne pathogenic bacteria in central Slovakia

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-37

  Kocianová, Elena ^a   Blaškovič, Dušan ^b   Smetanová, Katarína ^a   Schwarzová, Katarína ^a   Boldiš, Vojtech ^a   Košťanová, Zina ^c   Müllerová, Denisa ^b   Barák, Imrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c Regional Office of Public Health in iar Nad Hronom   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

DNA chip; Ixodes ricinus; Polymerase chain reaction; Tick borne pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COXIELLA BURNETII; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 38349145883     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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