Isolation of Borrelia afzelii from overwintering Culex pipiens biotype molestus mosquitoes

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Halouzka, J ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^b   Stunzner D ^c   Sanogo, Y O ^d   Hubalek Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; CULEX PIPIENS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE CARRIER; LYME DISEASE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SPIROCHETE;

BORRELIA AFZELII; CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 0032876278     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050029     Document Type: Article

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