Phylogenetic analysis of the spirochete Borrelia microti, a potential agent of relapsing fever in Iran

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2873-2876

  Naddaf, Saied Reza ^a   Ghazinezhad, Behnaz ^a   Bahramali, Golnaz ^a   Cutler, Sally Jane ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

16S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA CORIACEAE; BORRELIA CRUCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA HISPANICA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MICROTI; BORRELIA PARKERI; BORRELIA PERSICA; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLAB GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GLPQ GENE; IRAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TICK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84865169131     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00801-12     Document Type: Article

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