Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection rate of ticks collected from Harghita county, Romania
By: Czink Gergő, Pál Endre-Csaba and Székely Edit
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orvtudert-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2537-5059 | Journal ISSN: 1453-0953
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Published on: Jul 2, 2026
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