Prevention of tick-borne diseases

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 323-343

  Piesman, Joseph ^a   Eisen, Lars ^b  

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

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme borreliosis; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BITES AND STINGS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; VIRUS DISEASES;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 40349090165     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093429     Document Type: Review

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