Vector Competence of Ixodes pacificus and I. spinipalpis (Acari: Ixodidae), and Reservoir Competence of the Dusky-Footed Woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) and the Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), for Borrelia bissettii

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-320

  Eisen, Lars ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^b   Piesman, Joseph ^b   Lane, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia bissettii; Feeding success; Ixodes pacificus; Ixodes spinipalpis; Rodent reservoir; Tick vector

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; IXODIDAE; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; INSECT BITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PEROMYSCUS; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; GENOTYPE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; PEROMYSCUS; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0142089857     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.311     Document Type: Article

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