Spatial stratification of various Lyme disease spirochetes in a Central European site

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 738-744

  Richter, Dania ^a   Schröder, Boris ^b,c,d   Hartmann, Niklas K ^c,e   Matuschka, Franz Rainer ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Borrelia lusitaniae; Lizard; Lyme disease; Stratification; Zooprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TICK;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRDS; BORRELIA; GERMANY; IXODES; LIZARDS; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; RODENTIA;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

AVES; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LUSITANIAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873101596     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12029     Document Type: Article

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