Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in Austria

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 168-176

  Blaschitz, Marion ^a   Narodoslavsky Gföller, Melanie ^a   Kanzler, Michaela ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^a   Stanek, Gerold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

5S 23S intergenic spacer; Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Haemaphysalis concinna; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis (LB); PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

EID: 48349139825     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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