Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from migratory birds in Southern Norway

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kjelland, Vivian ^a   Stuen, Snorre ^b   Skarpaas, Tone ^c   Slettan, Audun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Section of Rheumatology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 78049353832     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-59     Document Type: Article

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