Detection of Borreliae in archived sera from patients with clinically suspect Lyme disease

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4284-4298

  Lee, Sin Hang ^a   Vigliotti, Jessica S ^a   Vigliotti, Veronica S ^a   Jones, William ^a   Shearer, David M ^b  

^a Milford Hospital   (United States)

^b Therapeutic Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; 2 tier serology; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia miyamotoi; DNA sequencing; Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease; Novel borrelia; Same nested PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84896473851     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15034284     Document Type: Article

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