Prevalence and diversity of Borrelia species in ticks that have bitten humans in Sweden

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4169-4176

  Wilhelmsson, Peter ^a   Fryland, Linda ^a   Börjesson, Stefan ^a,d   Nordgren, Johan ^a   Bergström, Sven ^b   Ernerudh, Jan ^a   Forsberg, Pia ^a   Lindgren, Per Eric ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; TICK; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA; DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; TICKS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; IXODIDA;

EID: 78049509333     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01061-10     Document Type: Article

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