Acquisition of lyme disease spirochetes by cofeeding Ixodes scapularis ticks

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 589-593

  Patrican, Lisa A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERBIL; INFECTION RATE; IXODES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030671425     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.589     Document Type: Article

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