Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by PCR in questing Ixodes ricinus larvae from the Dutch North Sea island of Ameland

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Rijpkema, S ^a   Bruinink, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ixodes ticks; Lyme borreliosis; transovarial transmission

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; LYME BORRELIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK LARVA;

NETHERLANDS, AMELAND;

EID: 0029659509     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00130550     Document Type: Article

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