Relative abundance and prevalence of selected Borrelia infections in Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) from publicly owned lands in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1269-1275

  Schulze, Terry L ^a   Jordan, Robert A ^a   Healy, Sean P ^b,c   Roegner, Vivien E ^c   Meddis, Michael ^d   Jahn, Margaret B ^a   Guthrie Sr , Douglas L ^b  

^a Freehold Area Health Department   (United States)

^b Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Monmouth County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

A. americanum; Borrelia; Encounter frequencies; I. Scapularis; Infection prevalence

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; IXODIDAE; NEW JERSEY; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33845247542     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1269:RAAPOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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