Lyme disease

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-135

  Gern, L ^a   Falco, R C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Clinical manifestations; Ecology; Epidemiology; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Prevention; Public health; Ticks; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034173224     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1205     Document Type: Article

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