Prevalence of Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1395-1398

  Dietrich, Florian ^a   Schmidgen, Thomas ^a,d   Maggi, Ricardo G ^b   Richter, Dania ^c   Matuschka, Franz Rainer ^c   Vonthein, Reinhard ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GERMANY; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS; GENES;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; DNA; INFECTIVITY; PATHOTYPE; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCE; GERMANY; IXODES; NYMPH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 77649198338     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02788-09     Document Type: Article

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