Role of birds in Thuringia, Germany, in the natural cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the Lyme disease spirochaete

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 125-128

  Kipp, Susanne ^a   Goedecke, Andreas ^b   Dorn, Wolfram ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^c   Fingerle, Volker ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes ticks; OspA; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; FEEDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HOST; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

EID: 33646379095     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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