Role of bird migration in the long-distance dispersal of Ixodes dammini, the vector of Lyme disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Smith Jr , Robert P ^a   Rand, Peter W ^b   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^b   Morris, Sara R ^b   Holmes, David W ^b   Caporale, Diane A ^b  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; IXODES DAMMINI; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TICK;

EID: 19244364710     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.221     Document Type: Article

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