Acquisition of coinfection and simultaneous transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi and Ehrlichia phagocytophila by Ixodes scapularis ticks

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2183-2186

  Levin, Michael L ^a   Fish, Durland ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; NYMPH; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0034064191     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2183-2186.2000     Document Type: Article

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