Transmission cycles of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato involving ixodes ricinus and/or I. hexagonus ticks and the European hedgehog, erinaceus europaeus, in suburban and urban areas in Switzerland

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-314

  Gern, Lise ^a   Rouvinez, Evelyne ^a   Toutoungi, Lina Naime ^a   Godfroid, Edmond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu leto; Erinaceus europaeus; Hedgehog; I. hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Reservoir hosts

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ERINACEUS EUROPEANS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIAL DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION CYCLE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 0031411521     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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