Molecular Identification of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus from Portugal

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 515-517

  Nunes, Mónica ^a   Parreira, Ricardo ^a   Lopes, Nádia ^a   Maia, Carla ^a   Carreira, Teresa ^a   Sousa, Carmelita ^a   Faria, Sofia ^a   Campino, Lenea ^a   Vieira, M Luísa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Borrelia miyamotoi; Flagellin gene; Ixodes ricinus; Portugal

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; FLAGELLIN GENE; IXODES RICINUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELAPSING FEVER;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84939431708     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1765     Document Type: Article

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