Short report: The propensity of different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto genotypes to cause disseminated infections in humans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 806-810

  Dykhuizen, Daniel E ^b   Brisson, Dustin ^a   Sandigursky, Sabina ^c   Wormser, Gary P ^c   Nowakowski, John ^c   Nadelman, Robert B ^c   Schwartz, Ira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; IXODES; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45349092259     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.806     Document Type: Article

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