Geographic Distribution of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Michigan, with Emphasis on Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 872-882

  Walker, Edward D ^a   Stobierski, Mary Grace ^b   Poplar, Melvin L ^c   Smith, Tracy W ^a   Murphy, Alice J ^a   Smith, Peter C ^a   Schmitt, Stephen M ^d   Cooley, Thomas M ^d   Kramer, Cynthia M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c Michigan Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine serosurvey; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Michigan; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR ALBIPICTUS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES BAERGI; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES KINGI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODES SCULPTUS; IXODES TEXANUS; IXODIDAE; MURINAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS KELLEYI; OTOBIUS MEGNINI; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; DERMACENTOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DEER; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MICHIGAN; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0032161155     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.872     Document Type: Article

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