Detection of a Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing-fever group spirochete from Ixodes pacificus in California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-123

  Mun, Jeomhee ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^b   Eisen, Lars ^a,c   Lane, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia miyamotoi; California; Ixodes pacificus; Relapsing fever group spirochetes

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 31544482108     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/43.1.120     Document Type: Article

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