Natural history of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 856-858

  Gern, Lise ^a   Humair, Pierre François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ecology; Reservoir hosts; Spirochetes; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; TICKS;

EID: 0032561802     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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