Detection and identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in ticks from three different regions in Slovakia

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 534-537

  Smetanová, Katarína ^b   Burri, Caroline ^a   Pérez, David ^a   Gern, Lise ^a   Kocianová, Elena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes ricinus; Reverse line blot; Slovakia; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLOVAKIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SLOVAKIA; TICKS;

EID: 35549000179     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0851-y     Document Type: Article

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