Lyme borreliosis in Europe and north America

Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 220-252

  Piesman, J ^a   Gern, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551802.012     Document Type: Chapter

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