Role of migratory birds in introduction and range expansion of Ixodes scapularis ticks and of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Canada

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1780-1790

  Ogden, N H ^a,b   Lindsay, L R ^c   Hanincova K ^d   Barker, I K ^e   Bigras Poulin, M ^b   Charron, D F ^f   Heagy, A ^g   Francis, C M ^h   O'Callaghan, C J ⁱ   Schwartz, I ^d   Thompson, R A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; MEAN INFESTATION INTENSITY; TICK POPULATIONS;

BIRDS;

SPACER DNA;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; TICK;

ALLELE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INFESTATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 40849137748     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01982-07     Document Type: Article

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