Article
Genetic heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Belgium.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1998
Misonne M C, Van Impe G, Hoet P P
Abstract excerpt
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), the etiological agent of Lyme disease, is transmitted by the bite of Ixodes ricinus. Four hundred eighty-nine ticks, collected in four locations of a region of southern Belgium where Lyme disease is endemic, were examined for the presence of the spirochete....
Topics
- Animals
- Arachnid Vectors
- Belgium
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Ixodes
- Lyme Disease
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Plasmids
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
