Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks in north-western Poland

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-178

  Wodecka, Beata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; DNA; Infection; Ixodes ricinus; Northwestern Poland

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLA GENE; FOREST; GENE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRING; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 0347761378     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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