Equine Abortion Associated with the Borrelia parkeri - B. turicatae Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Group
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- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (4), 1558-1562
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.40.4.1558-1562.2002
Abstract
Direct amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and a variable region of the flagellin gene from fetal liver-associated spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia parkeri - B. turicatae tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete group with a late-term abortion in a mare are described.Keywords
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