Molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi from Lyme disease patients by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1306-1309

  Liveris, Dionysios ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a   Nowakowski, John ^a   Nadelman, Robert ^a   Bittker, Susan ^a   Cooper, Denise ^a   Varde, Shobha ^a   Moy, Fred H ^a   Forseter, Gilda ^a   Pavia, Charles S ^a   Schwartz, Ira ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENOTYPE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 9244261032     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1306-1309.1996     Document Type: Article

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