Babesia microti and Borrelia bissettii transmission by Ixodes spinipalpis ticks among prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster, in Colorado

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 595-599

  Burkot, T R ^a   Schneider, B S ^a   Pieniazek, N J ^b   Happ, C M ^a   Rutherford, J S ^a   Slemenda, S B ^b   Hoffmeister, E ^c   Maupin, G O ^a   Zeidner, N S ^a  

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

^b Division of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Borrelia bissettii; Ixodes spinipalpis; Microtus orchogastor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARVICOLINAE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; COLORADO; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER; PEROMYSCUS DIFFICILIS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034530993     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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