Global Importance of Ticks and Associated Infectious Disease Agents

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; COLORADO TICK FEVER; ECTOPARASITE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TULAREMIA; WILDLIFE;

EID: 60349122078     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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