| Literature DB >> 23175266 |
Guang Xu1, Jaime Wesker, Caitlin White, Jason Campbell, Nicholas G Reich, Stephen M Rich.
Abstract
Abilities to detect heterogeneity of ospC genotypes of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the tick vector by in vitro culture (IVC) and direct PCR (dPCR) were compared. IVC failed to detect one-third of the ospC genotypes detected by dPCR. Among IVC results, common ospC genotypes were overrepresented while occurrence of rare genotypes was underestimated.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23175266 PMCID: PMC3553859 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03009-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948