Two ways of experimental infection of Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with spirochetes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Fišerová, Lenka ^a   Černá, Kateřina ^a   Horká, Helena ^a   Kopecký, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia garinii; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease spirochete; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 47249127300     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.020     Document Type: Article

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