Seasonal Variations in Density of Questing Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) Nymphs and Prevalence of Infection with B. burgdorferi s.l. in South Central Sweden

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 592-597

  Tälleklint, Lars ^a   Jaenson, Thomas G T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Density; Infection prevalence; Ixodes ricinus; Rodents; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SEASON; SHREW; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IXODES; MICE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SHREWS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0030187303     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.592     Document Type: Article

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