Two-year study of examination of blood from wild rodents for the presence of antiborrelian antibodies

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-206

  Vostal, Karel ^a   Žákovská, Alena ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibodies; B. burgdorferi; Lyme borreliosis; Wild rodents

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BORRELIAN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RODENT; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARVICOLINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CAPRA HIRCUS; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 0347090256     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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