Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and spirochetes (Spirochaetaceae: Spirochaetales) recovered from birds on a Georgia Barrier Island

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 231-236

  Durden, Lance A ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^a   Kinsey, Andrew A ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Coastal Georgia; Lyme disease; Spirochete isolations; Tick infestations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; GEORGIA; IXODES; SEASONS; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0035293074     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.231     Document Type: Article

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