Molecular Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Molecular Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi.
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伯氏疏螺旋体的分子分型。
DOI:
10.1002/9780471729259.mc12c05s34
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发表时间:
2014
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通讯作者:
Schwartz,Ira
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作者:
Wang,Guiqing;Liveris,Dionysios;Mukherjee,Priyanka;Jungnick,Sabrina;Margos,Gabriele;Schwartz,Ira
Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato is a group of spirochetes belonging to the genusBorreliain the family of Spirochaetaceae. The spirochete is transmitted between reservoirs and hosts by ticks of the family Ixodidae. Infection withB. burgdorferiin humans causes Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis. Currently, 20 Lyme disease‐associatedBorreliaspecies and more than 20 relapsing fever‐associatedBorreliaspecies have been described. Identification and differentiation of differentBorreliaspecies and strains is largely dependent on analyses of their genetic characteristics. A variety of molecular techniques have been described forBorreliaisolate speciation, molecular epidemiology, and pathogenicity studies. In this unit, we focus on three basic protocols, PCR‐RFLP‐based typing of therrs‐rrlAandrrfA‐rrlBribosomal spacer,ospCtyping, and MLST. These protocols can be employed alone or in combination for characterization ofB. burgdorferiisolates or directly on uncultivated organisms in ticks, mammalian host reservoirs, and human clinical specimens.Curr. Protoc. Microbiol. 34:12C.1‐12C.31. © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.