Quantitation of cell-associated borrelial DNA in the blood of Lyme disease patients with erythema migrans

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 791-795

  Liveris, D ^a   Schwartz, I ^a   McKenna, D ^a   Nowakowski, J ^a   Nadelman, R B ^a   DeMarco, J ^a   Iyer, R ^a   Cox, M E ^a   Holmgren, D ^a   Wormser, G P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FLAB GENE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84862223449     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1376-x     Document Type: Article

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