Ticks and antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi from mammals at Cape Hatteras, NC and Assateague Island, MD and VA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 578-587

  Oliver Jr , James H ^a   Magnarelli, Louis A ^a,b   Hutcheson, H Joel ^a,c   Anderson, John F ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme borreliosis; Spirochetes; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; CRICETINAE; CRYPTOTIS PARVA; DERMACENTOR ALBIPICTUS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SYLVESTRIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODES TEXANUS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SORICIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; VULPES VULPES; ZAPUS HUDSONIUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAT; FEMALE; HORSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CATS; FEMALE; HORSES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS; MARYLAND; MICE; NORTH CAROLINA; RATS; TICKS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0033195693     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.5.578     Document Type: Article

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