Spirochaetes in Culex (C.) pipiens s.l. larvae

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Žákovská, Alena ^a   Jörková, Monika ^a   Šerý, Omar ^a   Dendis, Miloš ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Culex (C.) pipiens s.l.; Czech Republic; PCR; Spirochaetes

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CULEX PIPIENS; INVERTEBRATA; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 2442490870     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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