Relationship between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species, red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and Ixodes ricinus in enzootic areas in Switzerland

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-227

  Humair, Pierre François ^a   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Ecology; Host; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SQUIRREL; SWITZERLAND;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0031778996     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00126-5     Document Type: Article

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