Improving the specificity of 16S rDNA-based polymerase chain reaction for detecting Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-causative agents of human Lyme disease.

Cyr, T L

Improving the specificity of 16S rDNA-based polymerase chain reaction for detecting Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-causative agents of human Lyme disease. [electronic resource] - Journal of applied microbiology 2005 - 962-70 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1364-5072

10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02539.x doi


Adult
Aged
Animals
Arachnid Vectors--genetics
Borrelia burgdorferi--genetics
Borrelia burgdorferi Group--genetics
DNA, Bacterial--analysis
DNA, Ribosomal--genetics
Dermacentor--genetics
Female
Genes, Bacterial--genetics
Humans
Ixodes--genetics
Lyme Disease--genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques--methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction--methods
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA--methods
Skin--pathology
Ticks--genetics