Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in small mammals in New York state

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 924-935

  Oliver, Joanne ^a   Means, Robert G ^b   Kogut, Sarah ^b   Prusinski, Melissa ^a   Howard, John J ^c   Layne, Larry J ^d   Chu, Frederick K ^d   Reddy, Anthony ^d   Lee, Lucy ^d   White, Dennis J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hudson Valley Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Mice; New York state; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE; SHREW; TICK; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARVICOLINAE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA PRIMERS; IXODIDAE; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; NEW YORK; PEROMYSCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SHREWS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 33750932422     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[924:POBBIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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