Molecular Characterization of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Borrelia, Israel

Blood samples from 18 tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF) patients and Ornithodoros tholozani specimens were tested with a Borrelia flaB-PCR. Results were positive for all patients and 2%–40% of ticks. A 7–amino acid gap characterized all 9 sequenced flagellin gene amplicons. By phylogenetic analysis,...

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Autores principales: Assous, Marc Victor, Wilamowski, Amos, Bercovier, Herve, Marva, Esther
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17283626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.060715

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17283626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.060715

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