Phylogenetic analysis of a virulent Borrelia species isolated from patients with relapsing fever

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2484-2489

  Toledo, A ^a   Anda, P ^b   Escudero, R ^b   Larsson, C ^c,d   Bergstrom, S ^c   Benach, J L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA HISPANICA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAB GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLPQ GENE; GROEL GENE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P66 GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECC GENE; RRF RRL GENE; RRS GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA HISPANICA; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE; IXODIDA;

BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RELAPSING FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954433060     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00541-10     Document Type: Article

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