Positive findings of Borrelia burgdorferi in Culex (Culex) pipiens pipiens larvae in the surrounding of Brno city determined by the PCR method

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-259

  Žávská, Alena ^a   Nejedlá, Petra ^a   Holíková, Alena ^a   Dendis, Milǒs ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Culex (C.) pipiens pipiens; Lyme disease; Mosquitoe; PCR method

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CULEX; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0036912761     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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