Density of questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs and adults infected by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Switzerland: Spatio-temporal pattern at a regional scale

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Jouda, Fatima ^a   Perret, Jean Luc ^a   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 2942612650     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153036604773082960     Document Type: Article

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