Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi and granulocytic and monocytic ehrlichiae in Ixodes ricinus ticks from southern Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3448-3451

  Baumgarten, Birgit U ^a   Röllinghoff, Martin ^a   Bogdan, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GERMANY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0345240933     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3448-3451.1999     Document Type: Article

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