Geographic distribution of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iowa with emphasis on Ixodes scapularis and their infection with Borrelia burgdorferi

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-226

  Lingren, Mandi ^a   Rowley, Wayne A ^a   Thompson, Curt ^b   Gilchrist, Mary ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Iowa; Lyme disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DERMACENTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IOWA; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 27144541504     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.219     Document Type: Article

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