Molecular methods for ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease

Clin Lab Med. 2003 Dec;23(4):867-84, vi. doi: 10.1016/s0272-2712(03)00080-5.

Abstract

This article reviews molecular techniques that have been developed and are effective in the clinical laboratory for the emerging tick-borne infections, ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / genetics*
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / isolation & purification
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / genetics*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Ehrlichia / genetics
  • Ehrlichia / isolation & purification
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis / genetics
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis / isolation & purification
  • Ehrlichiosis / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial