Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infection among rodents and host-seeking ticks in South Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 198-206

  Clark, Kerry L ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^b   James, Angela M ^b,c   Durden, Lance A ^b   Banks, Craig W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Rodents; South Carolina; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IXODES; IXODES AFFINIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NEOTOMA; PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PREVALENCE; RAT; RODENT; SIGMODONTINAE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TICKS;

EID: 0036364837     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.198     Document Type: Article

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