An avian contribution to the presence of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi on the sutter buttes of California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-374

  Wright, Stan A ^a   Lemenager, Debbie A ^b   Tucker, James R ^c   Armijos, M Veronica ^d   Yamamoto, Sheryl A ^a  

^a Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

^b Sutter Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes pacificus

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; IXODES; LIZARDS; LYME DISEASE; PEROMYSCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33750978168     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0368:AACTTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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