White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) develop spirochetemia following experimental infection with Borrelia lonestari

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 229-236

  Moyer, P L ^a   Varela, A S ^a   Luttrell, M P ^a   Moore IV, V A ^a   Stallknecht, D E ^a   Little, S E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia lonestari; Reservoir host; STARI

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIEMSA STAIN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; SPIROCHETEMIA; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTEREMIA; BORRELIA; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA LONESTARI; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646819986     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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