Lyme disease and Babesiosis: Preliminary findings on the transmission risk in highly frequented areas of the Monti Sibillini National Park (Central Italy)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 214-220

  Curioni, Vera ^a   Cerquetella, S ^a   Scuppa, P ^a   Pasqualini, L ^a   Beninati, T ^b   Favia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia spp.; Babesiosis; Borrelia burgdorferi s.1; Dermacentor marginatus; Ecology; Haemaphysalis punctata; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 7244232733     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.214     Document Type: Article

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