The distribution and prevalence of B. burgdorferi genomospecies in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Ireland

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Kirstein, F ^a   Rijpkema, S ^b   Molkenboer, M ^b   Gray, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi genomospecies; Ixodes ricinus ticks; PCR; prevalence; reverse line blot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IRELAND; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; IXODES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0031043173     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007360422975     Document Type: Article

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