Association of Borrelia afzelii with rodents in Europe

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-20

  Hanincova, K ^a,b   Schafer S M ^a,d,e   Etti, S ^a   Sewell, H S ^a,e   Taragelova V ^b   Ziak, D ^c   Labuda, M ^b   Kurtenbach, K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Host association; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEEDING; GENUS; INFESTATION; IXODES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RODENT; SLOVAKIA; TICK; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRATE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; EUROPE; IXODES; MICE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; MURIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344643072     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002548     Document Type: Article

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