Coinfection of western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) and other sciurid rodents with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 291-296

  Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Leonhard, Sarah ^b   Foley, Janet E ^a   Lane, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Granulocytic anaplasmosis; Ixodes pacificus; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SCIURUS GRISEUS; SCIURUS NIGER; TAMIASCIURUS DOUGLASII;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TICK; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SCIURIDAE; TICKS;

EID: 77449131362     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.291     Document Type: Article

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