Searching for Lyme Disease in Colombia: A Preliminary Study on the Vector

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 324-326

  Mattar, Salim ^a   Valencia, Gustavo Lopez ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ixodes; Latin America; Lyme disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; IXODES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COLOMBIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LYME DISEASE; TICKS;

EID: 0032059076     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.324     Document Type: Article

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