Identification of Borrelia species after creation of an in-house MALDI-TOF MS database.

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Published in PLoS One on February 12, 2014

Authors

Adriana Calderaro1, Chiara Gorrini1, Giovanna Piccolo1, Sara Montecchini1, Mirko Buttrini1, Sabina Rossi1, Maddalena Piergianni1, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti1, Flora De Conto1, Carlo Chezzi1, Maria Cristina Medici1

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

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