Allozyme polymorphism of Mdh and α-Gpdh in Ixodes ricinus populations: Comparison of borreliae-infected and uninfected ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-121

  Radulović, Željko ^a   Milutinović, Marija ^a   Andelković, Marko ^a   Vujčić, Zoran ^b   Tomanović, Snežana ^a   Božić, Nataša ^c   Marinković, Dragoslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allozyme variability; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease; Malate dehydrogenase; glycerophosphate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOZYME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33751290652     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9028-z     Document Type: Article

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