Differential survival of lyme borreliosis spirochetes in ticks that feed on birds

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 5893-5895

  Kurtenbach, Klaus ^a   Schäfer, Stefanie M ^a   Sewell, Henna Sisko ^a   Peacey, Mick ^a   Hoodless, Andrew ^a   Nuttall, Patricia A ^a   Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; LYME DISEASE; TICKS;

EID: 0036785643     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.10.5893-5895.2002     Document Type: Article

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