Lyme borreliosis in the Southern United States: A review

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 926-935

  Oliver Jr , James H ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; TICK; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MISSOURI; OKLAHOMA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TEXAS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BLACK-LEGGED TICK; LYME BORRELIOSIS; WESTERN BLACK-LEGGED TICK;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0030301887     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284201     Document Type: Review

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