Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Norway: Evaluation of a PCR test targeting the chromosomal flaB gene

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-439

  Jenkins, Andrew ^a,g   Hvidsten, Dag ^b   Matussek, Andreas ^c   Lindgren, Per Eric ^c,d   Stuen, Snorre ^e   Kristiansen, Bjørn Erik ^a,f  

^a Unilabs   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; flaB gene; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Norway; Prevalence; TaqMan real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN;

BACTERIUM; CANID; CHROMOSOME; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; FELID; GENE EXPRESSION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAT; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CATS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

NORWAY; TELEMARK;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84868618658     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9585-2     Document Type: Article

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