Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in a bird tick community

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 663-673

  Heylen, Dieter ^a   Tijsse, Ellen ^b   Fonville, Manoj ^b   Matthysen, Erik ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SONGBIRD; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BELGIUM; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SONGBIRDS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA TURDI; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 84873128219     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12059     Document Type: Article

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