Identifying the Vector Lyme Disease

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1935-1937

  Lo Re III, Vincent ^a   Occi, James L ^b   MacGregor, Rob Roy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; TICK;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LYME DISEASE;

EID: 1942501559     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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