Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in mites parasitizing small rodents

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-232

  Netušil, Jakub ^a,c   Zakovska A ^a   Horvath R ^b   Dendis, M ^b   Janouskovcova E ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Genex CZ   (Czech Republic)

^c NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borreliae; Haemogamasus; PCR; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GAMASIDA; IXODIDAE; PARASITIDAE; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 27144464484     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.227     Document Type: Article

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