Tick-transmitted infectious diseases in the United States

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue , 1998, Pages 237-269

  Walker, D H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Babesiosis; Borrelia; Ehrlichia; Ehrlichiosis; Lyme borreliosis; Rickettsia; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Tick; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BABESIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031841325     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.237     Document Type: Review

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