Seasonality of Ixodes ricinus ticks on vegetation and on rodents and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies diversity in two lyme borreliosis-endemic areas in Switzerland

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 633-644

  Pérez, David ^a   Kneubühler, Yvan ^a   Rais, Olivier ^a   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Co feeding transmission; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU LATO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND; TICK BITE; VEGETATION; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MURINAE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SHREWS; SWITZERLAND; TICK INFESTATIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84865007607     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0763     Document Type: Article

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