Detection, identification and genotyping of Borrellia spp. In rodents in Slovenia by PCR and culture

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cerar, Tjaša ^a   Korva, Miša ^a   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^a   Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

B. miyamotoi; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Isolation; MLST; MluI LRFP; Molecular methods; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BORRELIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; RELAPSING FEVER; RODENT; RODENT DISEASES; SLOVENIA; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84938581238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0501-y     Document Type: Article

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