Prevalence rates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu into in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Hubálek, Zdeněk ^a   Halouzka, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; EUROPE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IXODES; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031906712     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050378     Document Type: Article

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