Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s. I. In Ixodes ricinus ticks from four localities in Bavaria, Germany;Prävalenz von Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. bei der schildzecke Ixodes ricinus an vier standorten in Bayern, Deutschland

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 401-406

  Vögerl, Maria ^a   Zubriková, Dana ^a,b   Pfister, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ixodes ricinus; Prevalence; Tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84877978913     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-125-401     Document Type: Article

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