Distribution of borreliae among ticks collected from eastern states

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-389

  Taft, Sarah C ^a   Miller, Melissa K ^b   Wright, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia lonestari; Lyme disease; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIGOXIGENIN; FLAGELLIN;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; DERMACENTOR; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST RANGE; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DERMACENTOR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; IXODES; IXODIDAE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; DERMACENTOR; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 32044444853     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.383     Document Type: Article

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