Response of nymphal Ixodes scapularis, the primary tick vector of Lyme disease spirochetes in North America, to barriers derived from wood products or related home and garden items

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-417

  Piesman, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest products; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Prevention; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAMAECYPARIS; CUPRESSACEAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOUGLAS FIR; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; OAK; PINE; PLANT LEAF; WOOD;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; CHAMAECYPARIS; CUPRESSACEAE; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOTSUGA; QUERCUS; WOOD;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 33847032880     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[412:RONIST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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