Prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi transmission in guinea pigs by tick immunity

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 780-785

  Nazario, Sylvette ^a   Das, Subrata ^a   De Silva, Aravinda M ^a   Deponte, Kathleen ^a   Marcantonio, Nancy ^a   Anderson, John F ^b   Fish, Durland ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a   Kantor, Fred S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut State Agric Exp Stn ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUINEA PIG; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; TICK;

EID: 0031799533     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.780     Document Type: Article

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