Multispacer sequence typing relapsing fever borreliae in africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Haitham, Elbir ^a   Gimenez, Gregory ^a   Sokhna, Cheikh ^b   De Bilcha, Kassahunsalegn ^c   Ali, Jemal ^c   Barker, Stephen C ^d   Cutler, Sally J ^e   Raoult, Didier ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 84863698506     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001652     Document Type: Article

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