Tick zoonoses in the southern part of Switzerland (Canton Ticino): Occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu late and Rickettsia sp.

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-215

  Bernasconi, Marco V ^a   Valsangiacomo, Claudio ^a   Balmelli, Tiziano ^a   Péter, Olivier ^b   Piffaretti, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Lyme borreliosis; Rickettsia; Tick; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; SWITZERLAND; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0031038973     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007394901846     Document Type: Article

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