Antibodies to multiple tick-borne pathogens of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and lyme borreliosis in white-footed mice

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 466-473

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Anderson, John F ^a   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^b,c  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesiosis; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichia equi; Ehrlichiosis; Lyme borreliosis; Peromyscus leucopus; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CONNECTICUT; CRICETINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYME DISEASE; MESOCRICETUS; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 0031174261     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.466     Document Type: Article

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