Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from the Basque Country, Spain

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 177-184

  Barral, Marta ^a   García Pérez, Ana L ^a   Juste, Ramón A ^a   Hurtado, Ana ^a   Escudero, Raquel ^b   Sellek, Ricela E ^b,c   Anda, Pedro ^b  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Vocal Seccion Biologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque country; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Ixodes ricinus; Risk index; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0036371466     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.177     Document Type: Article

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