First record of lyme disease Borrelia in the arctic

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Larsson, Christer ^a   Comstedt, Pär ^a   Olsen, Björn ^b,c   Bergström, Sven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic; Birds; Borrelia; Common guillemot; Ixodes uriae; Lyme disease; Ticks; Uria aalge; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA GARINII; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IXODES URIAE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY;

AVES; BORRELIA; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 35148844119     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0644     Document Type: Article

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