Prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ixodes ticks in Belgium

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-322

  Kesteman, Thomas ^a   Rossi, C ^b   Bastien, P ^c   Brouillard, J ^c   Avesani, V ^a   Olive, N ^a   Martin, P ^d   Delmee M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Pare   (Belgium)

^c Rheumatology and Clinical Biology Departments   (Belgium)

^d Clinique St Luc Bouge   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Borrelia; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATION;

EID: 78149364218     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2010.069     Document Type: Article

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