Differential transmission of the genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by game birds and small rodents in England

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1169-1174

  Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a,b   Peacey, Mick ^a,b   Rijpkema, Sjoerd G T ^c,e   Hoodless, Andrew N ^a,d   Nuttall, Patricia A ^b   Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S;

BORRELIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; LYME DISEASE; PHEASANT; RODENT; TICK;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIROCHETE; TICK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; NORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031968791     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1169-1174.1998     Document Type: Article

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