Sylvatic maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales) in northern California: Untangling the web of transmission

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 743-751

  Brown, R N ^a,b   Peot, M A ^b,c   Lane, R S ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthropod vectors; Borrelia burgdorferi; Disease reservoirs; Ixodes; Neotoma fuscipes

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS CALIFORNICUS; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS GRISEUS; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPODOMYS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SIGMODONTINAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CALIFORNIA; DIPODOMYS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 33748344263     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[743:SMOBBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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