Geographic and temporal variations in population dynamics of ixodes ricinus and associated borrelia infections in the Netherlands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-532

  Gassner, Fedor ^a   Van Vliet, Arnold J H ^a   Burgers, Saskia L G E ^a   Jacobs, Frans ^a   Verbaarschot, Patrick ^a   Hovius, Emiel K E ^b   Mulder, Sara ^a   Verhulst, Niels O ^a   Van Overbeek, Leo S ^a   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Veterinary Clinic 'T Heike   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Distribution; Ecology; Ixodes ricinus; Longitudinal; Lyme borreliosis; Population dynamics; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IXODES RICINUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; TICK; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SHEEP;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BRYOPHYTA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS;

EID: 79957591671     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0026     Document Type: Article

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