Assessment of polymicrobial infections in ticks in New York state

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Tokarz, Rafal ^a   Jain, Komal ^a   Bennett, Ashlee ^a   Briese, Thomas ^a   Lipkin, W Ian ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Borrelia; Diagnostic; MassTag PCR; Surveillance; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MYAMOTOI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LYME DISEASE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; IXODES; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; POWASSAN VIRUS;

EID: 77951961622     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0036     Document Type: Article

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