Duration of Borrelia burgdorferi infectivity in white-footed mice for the tick vector Ixodes scapularis under laboratory and field conditions in Ontario

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 766-775

  Lindsay, L Robbin ^a   Barker, Ian K ^b   Surgeoner, Gordon A ^a   McEwen, Scott A ^b   Campbell, G Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Epidemiology; Infectivity; Ixodes scapularis; Peromyscus leucopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; ONTARIO; PEROMYSCUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031241626     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.4.766     Document Type: Article

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