Prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in game animals in South Moravia, Czech Republic

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 145-148

  Juricova Z ^a,b   Halouzka, J ^a   Hubalek Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Oddeleni Medicinske Zoolgie Valtice   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Hunting game; Indirect haemagglutination assay; Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347056692     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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