Competence of Pheasants as Reservoirs for Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a,b   Carey, Dorothy ^b   Hoodless, Andrew N ^a,c   Nuttall, Patricia A ^b   Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Pheasants; Reservoir competence; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; HAMSTER; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CRICETINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RABBITS;

EID: 0031606524     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.1.77     Document Type: Article

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