Response of the tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) to hemocoelic inoculation of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochetales)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-270

  Johns, Robert ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Borrelia burgdorferi; Dermacentor variabilis; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CYTOLOGY; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DERMACENTOR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HEMOCYTES; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034153450     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.2.265     Document Type: Article

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