Lyme borreliosis in Europe and North America

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Piesman, Joseph ^a,c   Gern, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes; Lyme borreliosis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; EUROPE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 20344401061     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004694     Document Type: Review

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