Vector Competence of Ixodes scapularis, I. spinipalpis, and Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Transmitting Borrelia burgdorferi, the Etiologic Agent of Lyme Disease

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-135

  Dolan, Marc C ^a   Maupin, Gary O ^a   Panella, Nicholas A ^a   Golde, William T ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor andersoni; Ixodes scapularis; Ixodes spinipalpis; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; IXODIDAE; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MEXICANA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DERMACENTOR; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0031085335     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.128     Document Type: Article

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