Borrelia-infection rates in tick and insect vectors accompanying human risk of acquiring Lyme borreliosis in a highly endemic region in Central Europe

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-325

  Zeman, Petr ^a  

^a Regional Center of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arthropod vectors; Central Bohemia; Correlation; Direct immunofluorescence assay; Geographical information system (GIS); Lyme borreliosis; Retrospective epidemiological data; Statistical mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE CARRIER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0032420275     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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