Serological and molecular detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasmataceae in rodents

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-499

  Stefancikova A ^a   Derdakova M ^a   Lencakova D ^a   Ivanova R ^a   Stanko, M ^b   Cislakova L ^c   Petko B ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; RODENTIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTERNAL EAR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MURINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RODENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SLOVAKIA;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 65549144364     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0077-z     Document Type: Article

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