Characterization of reptile-associated Borrelia sp. in the vector tick, Amblyomma geoemydae, and its association with Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia spp.

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 632-637

  Takano, Ai ^a,b   Fujita, Hiromi ^c   Kadosaka, Teruki ^d   Konnai, Satoru ^e   Tajima, Tomoko ^f   Watanabe, Haruo ^a,b   Ohnishi, Makoto ^b   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Ohara General Hospital   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA SP.; IXODIDA; REPTILIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053516737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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