Transmission dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. during the key third day of feeding by nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 732-736

  Hojgaard, Anurias ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Piesman, Joseph ^a  

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

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi s.s.; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Ticks; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROBABILITY; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 49249110782     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[732:TDOBBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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