The Presence of Borrelia miyamotoi, A Relapsing Fever Spirochaete, in Questing Ixodes ricinus in Belgium and in The Netherlands

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 331-333

  Cochez, C ^a   Heyman, P ^a   Heylen, D ^b   Fonville, M ^c   Hengeveld, P ^c   Takken, W ^d   Simons, L ^a   Sprong, H ^c  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; Borrelia miyamotoi; Ixodes ricinus; Relapsing fever; The netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BELGIUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETA;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BORRELIA; IXODES; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84937072755     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12154     Document Type: Article

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