Risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato for a host in relation to the duration of nymphal Ixodes ricinus feeding and the method of tick removal

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Kahl, O ^a   Janetzki Mittmann, C ^a   Gray, J S ^b   Jonas, R ^a   Stein, J ^a,c   De Boer, R ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0031934880     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80142-4     Document Type: Article

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