Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-99

  Varde, Shobha ^a   Beckley, John ^b   Schwartz, Ira ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031848009     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0401.980113     Document Type: Review

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