Borrelia burgdorferi infections with special reference to horses

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 146-156

  Butler, C M ^a   Houwers, D J ^a   Jongejan, F ^a   van der Kolk, J H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Bacterial diseases; Borrelia burgdorferi infections; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Hodus ricinus; Horse diseases; Lyme disease; Pathogenesis; Prevalence; Prevention; Review; Therapy; Tickborne diseases; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CEFTIOFUR; DOXYCYCLINE; PERMETHRIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROOMING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 30344447973     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2002.9695196     Document Type: Review

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