Detection of three genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in different regions of Poland

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 559-566

  Stańczak, Joanna ^a   Kubica Biernat, Beata ^a   Racewicz, Maria ^a   Kruminis Łozowska, Wiesława ^a   Kur, Józef ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

B. afzelii; B. burgdorferi sensu stricto; B. garinii; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Ixodes ricinus; Poland

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; GENOSPECIES; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0033769103     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80022-3     Document Type: Article

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