Borreliae in Immature Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks Parasitizing Birds in the Czech Republic

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 766-771

  Hubalek Z ^a   Anderson, J F ^b   Halouzka, J ^a   Hajek V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^c Czech Society for Ornithology   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Birds; Borrelia garinii; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0030236059     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.766     Document Type: Article

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