Ability of experimentally infected chickens to infect ticks with the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 294-298

  Piesman, Joseph ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^a   Schriefer, Martin E ^a   Burkot, Thomas R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

EID: 0029920733     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.294     Document Type: Article

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