Borrelia burgdorferi-Infected Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Peromyscus leucopus in Northeastern Wisconsin

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Walker, E D ^a   McLean, R G ^a,b   Smith, T W ^a   Paskewitz, S M ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; White footed mice; White tailed deer; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; FEMALE; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DEER; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0029678671     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.165     Document Type: Article

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