Tick-borne microorganisms in southwestern Slovakia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 196-200

  Spitalska, Eva ^a   Kocianova, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Hemocyte test; PCR; RFLP; Small mammals; Tick borne pathogens; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELL; BORRELIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOVAKIA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; BORRELIA; EHRLICHIA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0037714922     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07362.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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