The Role of Culture and Nucleic Acid Amplification in Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis

Lyme Borreliosis in Europe and North America: Epidemiology and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 159-183

  Wormser, Gary P ^a   Wang, Guiqing ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture and nucleic acid amplification roles in Lyme borreliosis diagnosis; Lyme borrelia culture, and culture techniques in liquid medium, and optimal incubation; Nucleic acid amplification of Lyme borrelia DNA nucleic acid based molecular methods, diagnostic tool for Lyme borrelia infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873024198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470933961.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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