The occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Eastern Poland with the use of PCR

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Sroka, Jacek ^a,b   Szymańska, Jolanta ^c   Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

B1 gene; Borrelia burgdorferi; Eastern poland; Genotyping; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Ticks; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 75149180062     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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