The importance of passerine birds as tick hosts and in the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease: A case study from Scotland

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Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-302

  James, Marianne C ^a,b,c   Furness, Robert W ^d   Bowman, Alan S ^a   Forbes, Ken J ^c   Gilbert, Lucy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaffinch; Common Blackbird; Fringilla coelebs; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SONGBIRD; TICK;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CARDUELIS SPINUS; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PASSERIFORMES; PRUNELLA (AVES); PRUNELLA MODULARIS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 79952710610     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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