Molecular screening of European wild rodents for tick-borne encephalitis virus

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-197

  De Mendonça, Philippe Gil ^a,d   Benedek, Ana Maria ^b   Jurčovičová, Martina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU   (Romania)

^c Institute of Mountain Biology   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Apodemus flavicollis; Co feeding transmission; Real time RT PCR; TBEV; Yellow necked mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870575176     PISSN: 03240770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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