Strain variation of Lyme disease spirochetes isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks and rodents collected in two endemic areas in Switzerland.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/32.4.433

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Strain variation of Lyme disease spirochetes isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks and rodents collected in two endemic areas in Switzerland.

Journal of medical entomology - 1 Jul 1995

Humair P F, Peter O, Wallich R, Gern L

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The relationship among Lyme borreliosis, Borrelia genospecies, rodent reservoirs, and Ixodes ricinus L. ticks was studied in two endemic areas in Switzerland. Ear punch biopsies and sampling of internal organs were used to isolate Borrelia burgdorferi (Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt and Brenn...

Topics

Animals
Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Female
Genetic Variation
Lyme Disease
Male
Phenotype
Rodentia
Switzerland
Ticks

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