Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in yellow-necked mice and feeding Ixodes ricinus ticks in a forest habitat of west central Poland

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 850-856

  Michalik, Jerzy ^a   Skotarczak, Bogumiła ^b   Skoracki, Maciej ^a   Wodecka, Beata ^b   Sikora, Bozena ^a   Hofman, Teresa ^c   Rymaszewska, Anna ^b   Sawczuk, Marek ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^c Center of Allergology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes ricinus; Reservoirs; Small rodents

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; IXODES RICINUS; MURIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25444529956     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.5.850     Document Type: Article

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