Lyme borreliosis in Central Italy (1995-1998)

New Microbiologica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-269

  Santino, I ^a   Sessa, R ^a   Di Pietro, M ^a   Del Piano, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Italy; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS;

EID: 0034220745     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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