Disparity of Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Rates of Adult Ixodes dammini on Deer and Vegetation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1236-1238

  Lacombe, Eleanor ^a   Rand, Peter W ^a   Smith, Robert P ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; INFECTION RATE; IXODES DAMMINI; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DEER; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PLANTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TICKS;

EID: 0027407233     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/167.5.1236     Document Type: Article

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