Ticks and Borrelia: Model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions

Infectious Agents and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-181

  Schwan, Tom G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Lyme disease; Relapsing fever; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; RELAPSING FEVER; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029934966     PISSN: 10562044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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