Borrelia burgdorferi serosurvey in wild deer in England and Wales

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 448-455

  Alonso, Silvia ^a   Márquez, Francisco J ^b   Solano Gallego, Laia ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibody testing; Borrelia burgdorferi; England; Wales; Wild deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 84862194026     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0635     Document Type: Article

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