Terrestrial distribution of the lyme borreliosis agent Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in East Asia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ASIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA JAPONICA; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; IXODES; IXODES COLUMNAE; IXODES GRANULATUS; IXODES OVATUS; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FAR EAST; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS;

EID: 13844316397     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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