Introduced Siberian chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus barberi) harbor more-diverse Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies than native bank voles (Myodes glareolus)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5716-5721

  Marsot, M ^a,b   Sigaud, M ^c   Chapuis, J L ^b   Ferquel, E ^c   Cornet, M ^c   Vourc'h, G ^a  

^a EPIA   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK VOLES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; FRENCH FORESTS; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LYME DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ECOLOGY;

MAMMALS;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIVE SPECIES; POLYMORPHISM; RESERVOIR; RODENT; TOLERANCE; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FRANCE; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCIURIDAE;

FRANCE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; IXODIDA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 80052637642     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01846-10     Document Type: Article

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