Distinct Combinations of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies Found in Individual Questing Ticks from Europe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4926-4929

  Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a   De Michelis, Simona ^a   Sewell, Henna Sisko ^a   Etti, Susanne ^a   Schäfer, Stefanie M ^a,b   Hails, Rosie ^b   Collares Pereira, Margarida ^c   Santos Reis, Margarida ^d   Haninçová, Klara ^e   Labuda, Milan ^e   Bormane, Antra ^f   Donaghy, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^f Ministry of Health of the Republic of Latvia   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; GENETICS; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EUROPE; IXODES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035491777     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4926-4929.2001     Document Type: Article

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