Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infecting ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex in Uruguay: First report for the Southern Hemisphere

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 147-153

  Barbieri, Amalia M ^a   Venzal, José M ^b   Marcili, Arlei ^a   Almeida, Aliny P ^a,c   González, Enrique M ^d   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes pararicinus; South America; Tick; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FLAGELLIN; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; INOCULATION; IXODES; IXODES PARARICINUS; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CATTLE; DEER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URUGUAY;

EID: 84875152230     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1102     Document Type: Article

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