Molecular evidence of coinfection of ticks with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3390-3391

  Leutenegger, Christian M ^a,c   Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Mislin, Caroline N ^a   Weber, Rainer ^b   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032878910     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3390-3391.1999     Document Type: Article

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