Effect of tick removal on transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi and Ehrlichia phagocytophila by Ixodes scapularis Nymphs

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 773-778

  des Vignes, Franka ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^c   Heffernan, Richard ^a   Schulze, Terry L ^d   Stafford III, Kirby C ^b   Fish, Durland ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

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

^d NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; INFECTION RISK; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEROLOGY; TICK; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035282646     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318818     Document Type: Article

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