Migratory passerine birds as reservoirs of Lyme borreliosis in Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1087-1095

  Comstedt, Pär ^a   Bergström, Sven ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a,b   Garpmo, Ulf ^a,c   Marjavaara, Lisette ^a   Mejlon, Hans ^d   Barbour, Alan G ^e   Bunikis, Jonas ^e,f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESERVOIR; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

EID: 33745962432     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1207.060127     Document Type: Article

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