Borrelia burgdorferi in replete nymphal Ixodes ricinus: A localization study using light and electron microscopy

Acarologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Zhu, Zhenqin ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Electron microscopy; Gemma; Ixodes ricinus; Localization; Peritrophic membrane; Replete nymph; Silver stain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032331807     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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