Detection and Genetic Characterization of Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in Estonian Ticks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Geller, Julia ^a,b   Nazarova, Lidia ^a,b   Katargina, Olga ^a   Järvekülg, Lilian ^b   Fomenko, Natalya ^c,d   Golovljova, Irina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c Vector Best   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; ESTONIA; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLPQ GENE; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; JAPAN; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; P66 GENE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ESTONIA; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RELAPSING FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICKS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84871340401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051914     Document Type: Article

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