Ixodes ricinus as a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in urban and suburban forests

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-114

  Stańczak, Joanna ^a,c   Gabre, Refaat Mohammed ^b   Kruminis Łozowska, Wiesława ^a   Racewicz, Maria ^a   Kubica Biernat, Beata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Forested urban environment; Ixodes ricinus; Poland

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 3042740965     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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