Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. OspA types in Ixodes ricinus ticks from selected localities in Slovakia and Poland

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 108-118

  Lenčáková, Daniela ^a,b   Hizo Teufel, Cecilia ^a   Peťko, Branislav ^b   Schulte Spechtel, Ulrike ^a   Stanko, Michal ^c   Wilske, Bettina ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes ricinus ticks; Lyme borreliosis; OspA subtypes; PCR; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FEEDING; HOST; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK; VACCINATION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 33646374394     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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