Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasmataceae members in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Alsace, a focus of Lyme borreliosis endemicity in France

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 3074-3078

  Ferquel, Elisabeth ^a   Garnier, Martine ^a   Marie, Jérôme ^a,b   Bernède Bauduin, Claire ^a   Baranton, Guy ^a   Pérez Eid, Claudine ^a   Postic, Danièle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS TICKS; NYMPHS;

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

VIRUSES;

ARACHNID; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; TICK;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRANCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PREVALENCE;

ALSACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; INSECTA; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 33646095256     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.3074-3078.2006     Document Type: Article

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