title: Molecular methods for ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross Research Building, Room 624, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. sdumler@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: J Stephen
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dumler
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial