Control of immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) on rodent reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi in a residential community of Southeastern Connecticut

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1043-1054

  Dolan, Marc C ^a   Maupin, Gary O ^b   Schneider, Bradley S ^a   Denatale, Christopher ^b   Hamon, Nick ^c   Cole, Chuck ^c   Zeidner, Nordin S ^a   Stafford III, Kirby C ^d  

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

^b Bayer Environmental Science ^*  (United States)

^c BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Fipronil; Host targeted; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 10044256513     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.6.1043     Document Type: Article

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