The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi is cultivable in a modified Kelly-Pettenkofer medium, and is resistant to human complement

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wagemakers, Alex ^a   Oei, Anneke ^a   Fikrig, Michelle M ^a   Miellet, Willem R ^a   Hovius, Joppe W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borrelia anserina; Borrelia miyamotoi; Complement resistance; Culture; MKP; Relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; BORRELIA ANSERINA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETAL CALF SERUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; KELLY PETTENKOFER MEDIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM; SPIROCHETE; STANDARD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

BORRELIA ANSERINA; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907913433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-418     Document Type: Article

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