Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Ticks Collected fromBirds in Midwestern United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 379-384

  Nicholls, Thomas H ^a   Callister, Steven M ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Haemaphysalis leporispalustris; Ixodes dammini; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Migratory birds

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PASSERIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES; TURDIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030139941     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.379     Document Type: Article

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