Borrelia hispanica in Ornithodoros erraticus, Portugal

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 696-701

  Palma, M ^a   Lopes de Carvalho, I ^a   Figueiredo, M ^b   Amaro, F ^a   Boinas, F ^b   Cutler, S J ^c   Nuncio M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia hispanica; Ornithodoros erraticus; Pigpen; Portugal; Tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA HISPANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARGASIDAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA HISPANICA; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84862617055     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03623.x     Document Type: Article

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