Detection and Identification of Pathogens and Host DNA in Unfed Host-Seeking Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 723-731

  Pichon, Bruno ^a   Egan, Damian ^a   Rogers, Mark ^a   Gray, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood meal analysis; Ixodes ricinus; Reservoir host identification; Tick borne zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARVICOLINAE; AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; GERBILLINAE; INSECTIVORA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; MURINAE; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; RUMINANTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242660917     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.5.723     Document Type: Article

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