Identification of four borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species in ixodes ricinus ticks collected from dutch dogs

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 143-145

  Hovius, K E ^a   Rijpkema, S G T ^b   Beijer, B ^c   Bleumink Pluym, N M C ^c   Houwers, D J ^c  

^a Companion Animal Hospital ‘t Heike ^*  (Netherlands)

^b National Institute of Public Health Environment   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032175245     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1998.9694860     Document Type: Article

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