Coinfection of Blacklegged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Dutchess County, New York, with the Agents of Lyme Disease and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 901-903

  Schauber, Eric M ^b   Gertz, Shira J ^a   Maple, William T ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia sp.; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; New York

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; NEW YORK; TICKS;

EID: 0032159091     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.901     Document Type: Article

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