Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the tick Ixodes ricinus in the Styrian mountains of Austria

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 682-685

  Stünzner, Doris ^a,c   Hubálek, Zdenek ^b   Halouzka, Jirí ^b   Wendelin, Ilse ^a   Sixl, Wolf ^a   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodid ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33845658553     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0695-x     Document Type: Article

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