Apodemus sp. rodents, reservoir hosts for Borrelia afzelii in an endemic area in Switzerland

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 558-564

  Hu, Chang Min ^a   Humair, Pierre Francois ^a   Wallich, Reinhard ^b   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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EID: 8244243235     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80117-X     Document Type: Article

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