Tick infestation patterns and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks collected at a veterinary clinic in Germany

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 147-155

  Beichel, Eduard ^a   Petney, Trevor N ^b   Hassler, Dieter ^c   Brückner, Marcus ^d   Maiwald, Matthias ^d  

^a Veterinary Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c General Medical Practice   (Germany)

^d Hygiene Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0030588108     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(96)00943-0     Document Type: Article

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