Participation of Birds (Aves) in the Emergence of Lyme Disease in Southern Maine

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-276

  Rand, Peter W ^a   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^a   Smith Jr , Robert P ^a   Ficker, June ^a,b  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b Wells Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CERVIDAE; DUMETELLA; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PASSERIFORMES; PIPILO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; INFESTATION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MAINE; MICE; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0032060963     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.270     Document Type: Article

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