Genetic diversity of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates from Northeastern China

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 877-882

  Chu, Chen Yi ^a   Jiang, Bao Gui ^a   He, Jing ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Zhang, Pan He ^a   Wu, Xiao Ming ^a   Zhang, Wen Yi ^a   Shi, Hua ^a   Gaowa, Ha Sen ^b   Wang, Jian Bo ^b   Foley, Janet E ^c   Liu, Wei ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Forest Central Anti Epidemic Station of da Xing An Mountains   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensulato; Diversity; Genospecies

Indexed keywords

RNA 23S; RNA 5S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CHINA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHINA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DERMACENTOR; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICKS;

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79960150286     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0195     Document Type: Article

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