Experimental infection of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) with Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 300-314

  Norris, Douglas E ^a   Levine, Jay F ^a   Menard, Monica ^b   Nakagaki, Kazuhide ^a   Howard, Peter ^a   Apperson, Charles S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Procyon lotor; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RACCOON;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RACCOONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0030116677     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.300     Document Type: Article

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