Tick infestation risk and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection-induced increase in host-finding efficacy of female Ixodes ricinus under natural conditions

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Faulde, Michael K ^a   Robbins, Richard G ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.; Host seeking activity; Human exposure risk; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH RISK; HOST LOCATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLOTHING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLOTHING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KOBLENZ; KUHKOPF MOUNTAIN; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 43449094031     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9131-4     Document Type: Article

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