Description
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - a method of molecular biology that allows the increase of small concentrations of certain fragments of nucleic acid (DNA) in biological material to thousands or millions of copies.
The following pathogenic species of the Borrelia-burgdorferi-sensu-lato complex are included in the Borrelia DNA-PCR (real-time) analysis at ArminLabs:
B. burgdorferi s.s.,
B. afzelii,
B. garinii,
B. spielmannii,
B. bavariensis