Vector competence of Ixodes muris (Acari: Ixodidae) for Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 766-768

  Dolan, Marc C ^a   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^b   Piesman, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes muris; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICE; NYMPH;

EID: 0034263613     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.5.766     Document Type: Article

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