Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): Vectors for Lyme disease spirochetes in Romania

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Coipan, Elena Claudia ^a   Vladimirescu, Alexandru Filip ^a  

^a CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease; PCR RLB; Romania; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANIA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANIA;

ROMANIA;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79957958443     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9438-4     Document Type: Article

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