Combined infection of Ixodes ricinus with three Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genotypes

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-300

  Schwarzova K ^a,b   Ciznar I ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 2942565891     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931046     Document Type: Article

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