Ability of Ixodes persulcatus, Haemaphysalis concinna and Dermacentor silvarum ticks to acquire and transstadially transmit Borrelia garinii

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Sun, Yi ^a   Xu, Rongman ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

D. silvarum; H. concinna; I. persulcatus; Lyme disease; Tick; Transstadial transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; LYME DISEASE; TICK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ACARI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA GARINII; DERMACENTOR; HAEMAPHYSALIS; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DERMACENTOR; DNA PRIMERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODES; IXODIDAE; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 1442288602     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000005119.30172.43     Document Type: Article

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