Borrelioses, agents and vectors: A review;Borrelioses, agentes e vetores

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Soares, Cleber O ^a   Ishikawa, Marcia M ^a   Fonseca, Adivaldo H ^b   Yoshinari, Natalino H ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Avian borreliosis; Borrelia spp.; Borreliosis; Bovine borreliosis; Epizootic bovine abortion; Lyme disease; Relapsing fever; Ticks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347069037     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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