Reservoir competence of the southeastern five-lined skink (Eumeces inexpectatus) and the green anole (Anolis carolinensis) for Borrelia burgdorferi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-97

  Levin, Michael ^a   Levine, Jay F ^a   Yang, Sam ^a   Howard, Peter ^a   Apperson, Charles S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0030069358     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.92     Document Type: Article

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