Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Pecchioli, Elena ^a   Hauffe, Heidi C ^a   Tagliapietra, Valentina ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Genchi, Claudio ^b   Rizzoli, Annapaola ^a  

^a Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Genospecies; Italy; Ixodes; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; LAKE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846422405     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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