Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest, Wisconsin, and characterization of strain W97F51

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 457-472

  Caporale, D A ^a   Johnson, C M ^a   Millard, B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Peromyscus leucopus; Prevalence; Strain W97F51

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SPIROCHAETACEAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 19544373829     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.3.457     Document Type: Article

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