Reservoir Competence of the Meadow Vole (Rodentia: Cricetidae) for the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 804-808

  Markowski, Daniel ^a   Ginsberg, Howard S ^a   Hyland, Kerwin E ^a   Hu, Renjie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Reservoir competence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; PEROMYSCUS; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 0032158973     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.804     Document Type: Article

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