Occurrence of Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii in Ixodes ricinus ticks from southern Moravia, Czech Republic

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Janouškovcová, Eva ^a   Žákovská, Alena ^a   Halouzka, Jiří ^b   Dendis, Miloš ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia garinii; Identification; Ixodes ricinus; PCR RFLP; Prevalence; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA GARINII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 2942558492     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153036604773082988     Document Type: Article

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