Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 216-218

  Zhioua, Elyes ^a   Bouattour, Ali ^b   Hu, Chang Min ^c   Gharbi, Mohamed ^b   Aeschliman, Andre ^c   Ginsberg, Howard S ^a   Gern, Lise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia lusitaniae; Ixodes ricinus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; TUNISIA;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; TUNISIA;

EID: 0033092087     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.216     Document Type: Article

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