Dynamic changes in Lyme disease spirochetes during transmission by nymphal ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 141-145

  Piesman, Joseph ^a   Schneider, Bradley S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Salivary glands; Ticks

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LYME DISEASE; TICK;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141680796     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025351727785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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