Some epidemiological and epizootiological aspects of Lyme borreliosis in Slovakia with the emphasis on the problems of serological diagnostics

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1135-1142

  Štefančíková, Astéria ^a   Derdáková, Markéta ^a   Škardová, Ildikó ^b   Szestáková, Edina ^b   Čisláková, Lýdia ^c   Kováčová, Daniela ^d   Stanko, Michal ^e   Peťko, Branislav ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d Regional Veterinary and Food Administration   (Slovakia)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Domestic animals; ELISA; Farm animals; IHA; Seroprevalence; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; COLUMBA; DAMA DAMA; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PHASIANIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 57349115692     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0177-x     Document Type: Article

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