Extension of Ixodes ricinus ticks and agents of tick-borne diseases to mountain areas in the Czech Republic

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Danielová, Vlasta ^a   Rudenko, Natalia ^b   Daniel, Milan ^a,c   Holubová, Jaroslava ^a   Materna, Jan ^d   Golovchenko, Maryna ^b   Schwarzová, Lucie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

^d Krkono e Museum   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies; Epidemiological impact; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Mountain areas; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 33646359176     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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