Mosaic pattern of Borrelia infection in a continuous population of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-335

  Zeman, P ^a   Daniel, M ^b  

^a Regional Center of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^b IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Direct immunofluorescence assay; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Microgeography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033120739     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006167001554     Document Type: Article

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