Occurrence of multiple infections with different Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies in Danish Ixodes ricinus nymphs

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Vennestrom J ^a   Egholm, H ^a   Jensen, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

B. lusitaniae; Borrelia burgdorferi; Co feeding; Infection rate; Ixodes ricinus; Multiple infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DENMARK; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 36148955810     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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