The wild hidden face of Lyme borreliosis in Europe

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 915-922

  Humair, Pierre François ^a   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ecology; Lyme borreliosis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HEXAPODA; IXODES RICINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033929037     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00393-2     Document Type: Review

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