Borrelia species in host-seeking ticks and small mammals in northern Florida

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5076-5086

  Clark, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORELLIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LONESTARI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIROCHETE; TICK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FLAGELLIN; FLORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IXODES; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS; SIGMODON; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8644277085     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5076-5086.2004     Document Type: Article

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