Estimating reservoir competence of borrelia burgdorferi hosts: Prevalence and infectivity, sensitivity, and specificity

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-147

  Brunner, Jesse L ^a   Logiudice, Kathleen ^b   Ostfeld, Richard S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Infectivity; Ixodes scapularis; Prevalence; Reservoir competence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; LYME DISEASE; MAMMALS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38949092500     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[139:ERCOBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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