Blood-borne candidatus borrelia algerica in a patient with prolonged fever in oran, Algeria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1070-1073

  Fotso, Aurélien Fotso ^a,b   Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a,b   Mouffok, Nadjet ^a,b   Drancourt, Michel ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CHU Oran   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; SPACER DNA;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA ALGERICA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA HISPANICA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER;

ALGERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; FLAGELLIN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84946771472     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0124     Document Type: Article

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