Transmission of tick-borne pathogens in Central Europe;Durch zecken übertragbare krankheitserreger in Mitteleuropa

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 373-380

  Stanek, Gerold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia spp; Borrelia burgdorferi; Coxiella burnetii; Francisella tularensis; Rickettsia slovaca; TBE; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIOSIS; BITES AND STINGS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENITIS; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 23844477228     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0368-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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