Presence of spirochete causing Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in southern Ontario

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1567-1569

  Banerjee, Satyendra N ^b   Banerjee, Maya ^b   Fernando, Keerthi ^b   Scott, John D ^b   Mann, Robert ^b   Morshed, Muhammad G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; DOG; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0034732991     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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