Meta-analysis of coinfection and coexposure with Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in humans, domestic animals, wildlife, and Ixodes ricinus-complex ticks

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-101

  Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual infection; Granulocytic anaplasmosis; Lyme disease; Pathogenesis; Reservoir competence; Vector pathogen ecology

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOLARCTIC; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; LIVESTOCK; LYME DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILDLIFE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COINFECTION; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; IXODES; LIVESTOCK; LYME DISEASE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60249084383     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0072     Document Type: Article

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