Physiological age of field-collected female taiga ticks, Ixodes persulcatus (Acari: Ixodidae), and their infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 201-209

  Uspensky, Igor ^a   Kovalevskii, Yuri V ^b   Korenberg, Edward I ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age determination; Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Intensity of infection; Ixodes persulcatus; Prevalence of infection (infection rate); Tick physiological age

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; TICK;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDAE; SCUTUM;

EID: 33645515468     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-0006-2     Document Type: Article

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