Dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks during feeding

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 649-658

  Gern, Lise ^a   Lebet, Nathalie ^a   Moret, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

blood meal; Borrelia burgdorferi; faeces; histology; infection rate; Ixodes ricinus ticks; transmission

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; ACARI; IXODIDAE;

BLOOD MEAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAECES; HISTOLOGY; INFECTION RATE; LYME BORRELIOSIS; TICK;

EID: 0030301068     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00053328     Document Type: Article

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