Relapsing Fever–Like Spirochetes Infecting European Vector Tick of Lyme Disease Agent
To determine whether relapsing fever–like spirochetes associated with hard ticks may infect Ixodes ricinus ticks in central Europe, we screened questing ticks for 16S rDNA similar to that of Asian and American relapsing fever–like spirochetes. We compared the prevalence of these spirochetes to that...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/6/02-0459_article |