Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection in mosquitoes from Szczecin area

Folia Biologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Kosik Bogacka, Danuta Izabela ^a   Kuźna Grygiel, Wanda ^a   Górnik, Katarzyna ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; IFA; Mosquitoes; Poland

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIROCHETE;

ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33745310722     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3409/173491606777919175     Document Type: Article

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