Population structure of East African relapsing fever Borrelia spp

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1076-1080

  Cutler, Sally J ^a   Margarita Bonilla, E ^a   Singh, Rajbir J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; CLADISTICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOTYPE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TANZANIA; BLOOD DONOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOOD DONORS; BORRELIA; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER;

EID: 77954453774     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.091085     Document Type: Article

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