Temporal correlations between tick abundance and prevalence of ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi and increasing incidence of Lyme disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1240-1244

  Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Cartter, Matthew L ^b   Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Ertel, Starr Hope ^b   Mshar, Patricia A ^b  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HEXAPODA; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0031969808     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1240-1244.1998     Document Type: Article

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