Canary finches (Serinus canaria) as an avian infection model for Lyme borreliosis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 319-324

  Olsen, Björn ^a   Gylfe, Åsa ^a   Bergström, Sven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Canary finches; short term spirochaetemia in birds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CANARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; LIVER DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SERINUS CANARIA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 0030014847     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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