Limited role of rodents as reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ireland

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-103

  Gray, J S ^b   Robertson, J N ^a   Key, S ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdolferi s.l.; Ixodes ricinus; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EUROPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; IRELAND; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034077336     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007642908546     Document Type: Article

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