A comparative analysis of molecular markers for the detection and identification of Borrelia spirochaetes in Ixodes ricinus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-314

  Wodecka, Beata ^a   Leońska, Agata ^a   Skotarczak, Bogumiła ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA SPIROCHAETES; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; IXODES RICINUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 76649139120     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.013508-0     Document Type: Article

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