Absence of Lyme Disease Spirochetes in Larval Progeny of Naturally Infected Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Fed on Dogs

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-55

  Patrican, Lisa A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Borrelia burgdorferi; Dogs; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Transovarial transmission

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 0030632054     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.1.52     Document Type: Article

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