Reservoir competence of four chaparral-dwelling rodents for Borrelia burgdorferi in California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-91

  Brown, Richard N ^a,b   Lane, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EAR LOBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PUNCH BIOPSY; RAT; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0030050551     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.84     Document Type: Article

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