Molecular characterization of borrelia persica, the agent of tick borne relapsing fever in israel and the palestinian authority

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Safdie, Gracia ^a   Farrah, Iba Y ^a,e   Yahia, Reem ^a   Marva, Esther ^b   Wilamowski, Amos ^b   Sawalha, Samer S ^c   Wald, Naama ^a   Schmiedel, Judith ^d   Moter, Annette ^d   Göbel, Ulf B ^d   Bercovier, Herve ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^e   Assous, Marc V ^a,f   Fishman, Yolanta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c Palestinian Ministry of Health   (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^f SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLPURINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN; GLPQ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA PERSICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; ISRAEL; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA PERSICA; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLAGELLIN; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHODOROS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RELAPSING FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649667633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014105     Document Type: Article

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