Detection of four species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu late in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Netherlands

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-566

  Rijpkema, S G T ^a   Herbes, R G ^b   Verbeek De Kruif, N ^a   Schellekens, J F P ^a  

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

^b Vet Public Health Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029731890     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800059252     Document Type: Article

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