Refeeding activity of immature ticks of Ixodes persulcatus and transmission of Lyme disease spirochete by partially fed larvae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 669-672

  Nakao, Minoru ^a   Sato, Yukita ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REFEEDING;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0029783141     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283804     Document Type: Article

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