Antibodies to whole-cell or recombinant antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti in white-footed mice

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 732-738

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b,c   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Antibodies; Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi; ELISA; Peromyscus leucopus

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 33846939556     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.732     Document Type: Article

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