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Detection and quantification of Lyme spirochetes using sensitive and specific molecular beacon probes

BACKGROUND: Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, affects a large number of people in both the USA and Europe. The mouse is a natural host for this spirochete and is widely used as a model system to study Lyme pathogenesis mechanisms. Since disease manifestations often depend upon the spiroc...

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Autores principales: Saidac, Diana S, Marras, Salvatore AE, Parveen, Nikhat
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19239692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-43