Occurrence of different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies including B. afzelii, B. bavariensis, and B. spielmanii in hedgehogs (Erinaceus spp.) in Europe

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Skuballa, Jasmin ^a   Petney, Trevor ^a   Pfäffle, Miriam ^a   Oehme, Rainer ^b   Hartelt, Kathrin ^b   Fingerle, Volker ^c   Kimmig, Peter ^d   Taraschewski, Horst ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Baden Wuerttemberg State Health Office   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Erinaceus; Hedgehog; Ixodes hexagonus; Pathogen; Reservoir host

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BAVARIENSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; ERINACEUS ROUMANICUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GERMANY; HEDGEHOG; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84856564860     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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