Detection of Borrelia-specific 16S rRNA sequence in total RNA extracted from Ixodes ricinus ticks;Detecção de sequência 16S rRNA, específica de Borrelia, em RNA total extraído de Ixodes ricinus

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 862-867

  Radulovic Z ^a   Milutinovic M ^a   Tomanovic S ^a   Mulenga, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Borrelia; Ixodes ricinus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 78049416823     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: 16784162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352010000400015     Document Type: Article

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