European reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 196-204

  Gern, L ^a   Estrada Pena A ^a   Frandsen, F ^a   Gray, J S ^a   Jaenson, T G T ^a   Jongejan, F ^a   Kahl, O ^a   Korenberg, E ^a   Mehl, R ^a   Nuttall, P A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 7144263710     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80121-7     Document Type: Article

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