Serological and molecular evidence for spotted fever group Rickettsia and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato co-infections in The Netherlands

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 371-377

  Koetsveld, Joris ^a   Tijsse Klasen, Ellen ^b   Herremans, Tineke ^b   Hovius, Joppe W R ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Health and the Environment   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Co Infection; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Rickettsia helvetica; Rickettsia monacensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; BORRELIELLA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84958853682     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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