Distribution of antibodies reactive to Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in the Eastern United States

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-736

  Murdock, Jessica H ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Little, Susan E ^b   Chandrashekar, Ramaswamy ^c   O'Connor, Thomas P ^c   Caudell, Joe N ^d   Huffman, Jane E ^e   Langenberg, Julia A ^f   Hollamby, Simon ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Lyme disease; Tick(s); Vector borne; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AMBLYOMMA; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DEER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA LONESTARI; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; WHITE TIP DIE-BACK PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 72749110966     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0144     Document Type: Article

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