Lyme borreliosis agents and the genetics and sex of their vector, Ixodes ricinus

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-304

  De Meeûs, Thierry ^a   Lorimier, Yvan ^b   Renaud, François ^a  

^a Unite Mixte de Recherches   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease; Migration; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 1542298270     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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