Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and other passerine birds

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 291, Issue SUPPL. 33, 2002, Pages 75-79

  Kaiser, Andreas ^a   Seitz, Alfred ^a   Strub, Olaf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird; Borrelia; Ixodes tick; Lyme disease; Migration; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; PRUNELLA MODULARIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GERMANY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036064217     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(02)80016-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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