Prevalence, diversity, and load of Borrelia species in ticks that have fed on humans in regions of Sweden and Åland Islands, Finland with different Lyme borreliosis incidences.

The incidence of Lyme borreliosis (LB) in a region may reflect the prevalence of Borrelia in the tick population. Our aim was to investigate if regions with different LB incidences can be distinguished by studying the prevalence and diversity of Borrelia species in their respective tick populations....

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
الحاوية / القاعدة:PLoS ONE
المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Peter Wilhelmsson, Pontus Lindblom, Linda Fryland, Jan Ernerudh, Pia Forsberg, Per-Eric Lindgren
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3836827?pdf=render