Molecular epidemiology of the aetiological agents of Lyme borreliosis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 850-855

  Baranton, Guy ^a   Marti Ras, Nuria ^a   Postic, Danièle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Epidemiology; Phylogeny; Species

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032561815     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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