Defining plasmids required by Borrelia burgdorferi for colonization of tick vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 676-684

  Grimm, Dorothee ^a,b   Tilly, Kit ^a   Bueschel, Dawn M ^a   Fisher, Mark A ^a   Policastro, Paul F ^a   Gherardini, Frank C ^a   Schwan, Tom G ^a   Rosa, Patricia A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lp25; lp28 1; Lyme disease; Spirochete; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 22844433230     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.4.676     Document Type: Article

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