Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Amblyomma americanum ticks in the southeastern United States: the case of selective compatibility

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-3

  Rudenko, Nataliia ^a,b   Golovchenko, Maryna ^a,b   Clark, Kerry ^c   Oliver, James H ^b   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019521461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2016.45     Document Type: Letter

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