Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in patients with erythema migrans

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-170

  Niścigorska Olsen, Jolanta ^a   Wodecka, Beata ^b   Morańska, Izabela ^a   Skotarczak, Bogumiła ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; ELISA serology; Erythema migrans; Lyme disease; PCR; Species of B. burgdorferi s.l.

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP;

EID: 46349107815     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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