Investigation of skin samples from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Eastern Brandenburg (Germany) for the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi s. l.

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 5-7, 1999, Pages 666-672

  Heidrich, Jana ^a   Schönberg, Arno ^a   Steuber, Stephan ^a   Nöckler, Karsten ^a   Schulze, Peter ^a   Voigt, Wolf Peter ^a   Schein, Eberhard ^b  

^a Bundesinstitut F G   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Cultivation; Fox; PCR; Reservoir competence

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0033394094     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80026-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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