Passive surveillance in Maine, an area emergent for tick-borne diseases

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1118-1129

  Rand, Peter W ^a   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^a   Dearborn, Richard ^b   Cahill, Bruce ^a   Elias, Susan ^a   Lubelczyk, Charles B ^a   Beckett, Geoff A ^c   Smith Jr , Robert P ^a  

^a Vector Borne Disease Laboratory   (United States)

^b Center for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes cookei; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Passive tick surveillance

Indexed keywords

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 36749028413     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[1118:PSIMAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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