Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi [the Lyme disease agent) antibodies in king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus in Crozet Archipelago

Polar Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-143

  Gauthier Clerc, M ^a   Jaulhac, B ^b   Frenot, Y ^c   Bachelard, C ^d   Monteil, H ^b   Le Maho, Y ^a   Handrich, Y ^a  

^a Ctr d'Ecologie et Physiol E   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Serv Med Terres Australes A   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS DETECTION; INFECTIVITY; IXODES URIAE; LYME DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0032803326     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050402     Document Type: Article

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