Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from moose (Alces alces) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in southern Norway

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-103

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d Section of Rheumatology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Infection prevalence; Ixodes ricinus ticks; Moose (Alces alces); Real time PCR; Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NYMPH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DEER; IXODES; NORWAY;

ALCES ALCES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79957824373     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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