Prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi in ixodes ricinus ticks in Belgrade Area

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-452

  Cekanac, Radovan ^a   Pavlovic, Nevenka ^b   Gledovic, Zorana ^c   Grgurevic, Anita ^c   Stajkovic, Novica ^a   Lepsanovic, Zorica ^b   Ristanovic, Elizabeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b Public Health Institute of Belgrade   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Belgrade; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes ricinus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CULTURE MEDIUM; HABITAT; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES CULTIVATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; SERBIA; YUGOSLAVIA;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; SERBIA; YUGOSLAVIA;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 77954195459     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0139     Document Type: Article

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