Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Movila, Alexandru ^a   Gatewood, Anne ^b   Toderas, Ion ^a   Duca, Maria ^a,c   Papero, Michele ^b   Uspenskaia, Inga ^d   Conovalov, Jurii ^a   Fish, Durland ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Moldova)

^d National Scientific Practical Institute for Preventive Medicine   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Birds; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes lividus; Ixodes ricinus; Moldova

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; FOREST; IXODES; IXODES LIVIDUS; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MOLDOVA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 48349110969     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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