Birds disperse ixodid (Acari: Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks in Canada

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 493-500

  Scott, John D ^a   Fernando, Keerthi ^b   Banerjee, Satyendra N ^b,c   Durden, Lance A ^d   Byrne, Sean K ^b,c   Banerjee, Maya ^c   Mann, Robert B ^b   Morshed, Muhammad G ^b,c  

^a Lyme Disease Association of Ontario   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Borrelia burgdorferi; Canada; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATHARUS; CATHARUS USTULATUS INCANUS; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; IXODES BAERGI; IXODES MURIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIFORMES; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; LYME DISEASE VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OSPB PROTEIN, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; P39 ANTIGEN, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT; SONGBIRD; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE VACCINES; MALE; RABBITS; SONGBIRDS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0035404924     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.493     Document Type: Article

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