Kinetics of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in larvae of refractory and competent tick vectors

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-67

  Soares, C A G ^a,b   Zeidner, N S ^a   Beard, C B ^a   Dolan, M C ^a   Dietrich, G ^a   Piesman, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 31544467534     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/43.1.61     Document Type: Article

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