Long-term in vitro cultivation of Borrelia miyamotoi

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-184

  Margos, Gabriele ^a,b   Stockmeier, Sylvia ^a,b   Hizo Teufel, Cecilia ^a,b   Hepner, Sabrina ^b   Fish, Durland ^c   Dautel, Hans ^d   Sing, Andreas ^a   Dzaferovic, Eldina ^b   Rieger, Melissa ^b,e   Jungnick, Sabrina ^b,e   Binder, Katrin ^b   Straubinger, Reinhard K ^e   Fingerle, Volker ^a,b  

^a Bavarian Health   (Germany)

^b German National Reference Centre for Borrelia   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IS Insect Services GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia miyamotoi; In vitro cultivation; Relapsing fever spirochetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RELIABILITY; ANIMAL; ATMOSPHERE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IXODES; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RABBIT; SCID MOUSE; SERUM; TIME FACTOR;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BORRELIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IXODES; LARVA; MICE, SCID; RABBITS; RELAPSING FEVER; SERUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961291219     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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