Tick-Borne Borrelioses Pathogen Identification in Ixodes Ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) Collected in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad Baltic Regions of Russia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-142

  Alekseev, Andrey N ^a   Dubinina, Helen V ^a   Antykova, Ludmila P ^b   Dzhivanyan, Tatyana I ^c   Rijpkema, Sjoerd G T ^d,e   Verbeek De Kruif, Natalie ^d   Cinco, Marina ^f  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b City Sanitary Epidemiol Surv Ctr   (Russian Federation)

^c CHUMAKOV INSTITUTE OF POLIOMYELITIS AND VIRAL ENCEPHALITIDES   (Russian Federation)

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

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borreliae genospecies; Borrelioses; Seasonal prevalence; Tick; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA GARINII; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BORRELIA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BORRELIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIA; SEASONS;

EID: 0032011717     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.2.136     Document Type: Article

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