Correlation of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu lato prevalence in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks with specific abiotic traits in the Western Palearctic

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3838-3845

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a   Ortega, Carmelo ^a   Sánchez, Nely ^a   DeSimone, Lorenzo ^b   Sudre, Bertrand ^b   Suk, Jonathan E ^b   Semenza, Jan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CENTRAL EUROPE; DOMINANT SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; INDICATOR SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; RISK INDICES; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION PATCHES; VEGETATION STRESS;

BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CORRELATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LATITUDE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALEARCTIC REGION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRITORY; THRESHOLD; TICK; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPHAEA; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; NYMPHAEA; PREVALENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79958264716     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00067-11     Document Type: Article

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