Isolation of Lyme disease Borrelia from puffins (Fratercula arctica) and seabird ticks (Ixodes uriae) on the Faeroe Islands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 890-896

  Gylfe, Åsa ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a   Straševičius, Darius ^a   Marti Ras, Nuria ^b   Weihe, Pál ^c   Noppa, Laila ^a   Östberg, Yngve ^a   Baranton, Guy ^b   Bergström, Sven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Faeroese Hospital System   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TICK;

ACARI; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; IXODES URIAE; LARIDAE;

EID: 0032993375     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.890-896.1999     Document Type: Article

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