Life Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Transmission to Humans

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 18-30

  Gern, Lise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut de Biologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIRD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; DORMOUSE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEDGEHOG; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; LATITUDE; LIFE CYCLE; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT HOST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IXODES; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS;

EID: 67649566128     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000213068     Document Type: Review

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