Species co-occurrence patterns among lyme borreliosis pathogens in the tick vector Ixodes ricinus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7273-7280

  Herrmann, Coralie ^a   Gern, Lise ^a   Voordouw, Maarten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CO-OCCURRENCE; CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARGE DATASETS; MIXED INFECTIONS; PAIRWISE INTERACTION; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

BACTERIA;

VECTORS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COEXISTENCE; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INHIBITION; PATHOGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK;

EUROPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COINFECTION; IXODES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84888218305     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02158-13     Document Type: Article

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