Histological observations on Borrelia burgdorferi growth in naturally infected female Ixodes ricinus

Acarologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-22

  Zhu, Z ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Growth; Histology; Ixodes ricinus female; Silver stain; Spirochaetal transmission; Systemic infection; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038932998     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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