Detection of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in lizards and their ticks from Hungary

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-336

  Földvári, Gábor ^a   Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Majláthová, Viktória ^b   Majláth, Igor ^c   Farkas, Róbert ^a   Pet'Ko, Branislav ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia lusitaniae; Lacerta agilis; Lacerta viridis; Lizards; Podarcis taurica

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENOTYPE; HOST; HUNGARY; INFESTATION; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; LACERTA AGILIS; LACERTA VIRIDIS; LARVA; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PATHOGENESIS; PODARCIS TAURICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SAND; SPECIES; TICK; TISSUE; TOE;

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; LACERTA AGILIS; LACERTA VIRIDIS; PODARCIS; PODARCIS TAURICA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 68049118729     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0021     Document Type: Article

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