Search for Borrelia sp. in ticks collected from potential reservoirs in an urban forest reserve in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: A short report

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 631-635

  Da Costa, I P ^a   Bonoldi, V L N ^b   Yoshinari, N H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Borrelia sensu lato vectors; Borrelia sp. reservoirs; Borreliosis like illness; Brazil; Mato Grosso do Sul

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RODENT; TICK; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MARSUPIALIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RODENTIA; TICKS; TREES;

EID: 0036633082     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762002000500006     Document Type: Article

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