Co-infection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Rickettsia species in ticks and in an erythema migrans patient

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tijsse Klasen, Ellen ^a   Sprong, Hein ^a   Pandak, Nenad ^b  

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

^b DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Co infection; Erythema migrans; Rickettsia helvetica; Rickettsia monacensis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LYME DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TICK;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; COINFECTION; CROATIA; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS, BENIGN MIGRATORY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84889874426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-347     Document Type: Article

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