The role of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in the transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 161-167

  Majláthová, Viktória ^a   Majláth, Igor ^b   Hromada, Martin ^c   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^d   Bona, Martin ^b   Antczak, Marcin ^d   Víchová, Bronislava ^a   Dzimko, Štefan ^a,b   Mihalca, Andrei ^e   Peťko, Branislav ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia lusitaniae; Ixodes ricinus; Lacerta agilis; Poland; Romania; Sand lizard; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LACERTA AGILIS; LARVA; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 48349122148     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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