Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in the South Okanagan, British Columbia: Active surveillance in ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

British Columbia Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-127

  Teng, Jack ^a   Lindsay, L Robbin ^b   Bartlett, Karen ^c   Klinkenberg, Brian ^c   Dibernardo, Antonia ^b   Wood, Heidi ^b   Morshed, Muhammad G ^d  

^a University of Victoria   (Australia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

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EID: 79955087396     PISSN: 00070556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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