Borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on humans

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 228-231

  Hubalek Z ^a,b   Halouzka, J ^a   Juricova Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UBO AVCR   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Czech Republic; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFESTATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 4644266254     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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