Ixodes scapularis Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Louisiana Are Competent to Transmit Borrelia burgdorferi, the Agent of Lyme Borreliosis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 964-967

  Jacobs, Mary B ^a   Purcell, Jeanette E ^a   Philipp, Mario T ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Louisiana; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 1642570291     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.964     Document Type: Article

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