Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus ticks in selected south Bohemian locations (Czech Republic)

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Danielova V ^a   Daniel, M ^a,b   Rudenko, N ^c   Golovchenko, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; Borrelia garinii; Czech Republic; High altitude; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CLINICAL FEATURE; CZECH REPUBLIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TOURISM;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICKS;

EID: 4744368092     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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