Swiss Army survey in Switzerland to determine the prevalence of Francisella tularensis, members of the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 427-432

  Wicki, R ^a,b   Sauter, P ^a   Mettler, C ^a   Natsch, A ^a   Enzler, T ^a   Pusterla, N ^d   Kuhnert, P ^a   Egli, G ^a   Bernasconi, M ^a   Lienhard, R ^a   Lutz, H ^c   Leutenegger, C M ^a,d  

^a Medical Services of the Swiss Armed Forces   (Switzerland)

^b PE Biosystems   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0033926436     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960000283     Document Type: Article

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