Comparison of infectivities of six tick-derived isolates of borrelia burgdorferi for rodents and ticks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-75

  Peavey, Chindi A ^a   Lane, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; IXODES PACIFICUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HAMSTER; INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HAMSTERS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; PEROMYSCUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TICKS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029656222     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.71-75.1996     Document Type: Article

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