A study of the technique of western blot for diagnosis of Lyme disease caused by Borrelia afzelii in China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-200

  Liu, Zhi Yun ^a,b,c   Hao, Qin ^a   Hou, Xue Xia ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Geng, Zhen ^a   Wu, Yi Mou ^b   Wan, Kang Lin ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

^c YuShui District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Diagnostic method; Lyme disease; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BORRELIA AFZELII; DIAGNOSTIC METHOD; LYME DISEASE; WESTERN BLOT;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHINA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878762435     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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