Lyme borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1289-1291

  Pistone, Dario ^a   Pajoro, Massimo ^b   Fabbi, Massimo ^b   Vicari, Nadia ^b   Marone, Piero ^a   Genchi, Claudio ^c   Novati, Stefano ^a   Sassera, Davide ^c   Epis, Sara ^c   Bandi, Claudio ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORESTRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK BITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77956052056     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1608.100152     Document Type: Article

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