Seasonal prevalence of serum antibodies to whole cell and recombinant antigens of Borrelia Burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in white-tailed deer in Connecticut

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 781-790

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Williams, Scott C ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Antibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi; ELISA; Odocoileus virginianus

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 78149275924     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.781     Document Type: Article

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