Life history of Ixodes (Ixodes) jellisoni (Acari: Ixodidae) and its vector competence for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-340

  Lane, Robert S ^a   Peavey, Chindi A ^a   Padgett, Kerry A ^a   Hendson, Mavis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l; Dipodomys californicus; Ixodes jellisoni; Life history

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIPODOMYS CALIFORNICUS; HETEROMYIDAE; IXODES JELLISONI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFESTATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RODENT DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0033125623     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.329     Document Type: Article

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