The ecology of tick-transmitted infections in the redwood chipmunk (Tamias ochrogenys)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Nieto, Nathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia spp.; Relapsing fever; Reservoir; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOUGLAS FIR; FEMALE; HUCKLEBERRY; IXODES; IXODES ANGUSTUS; IXODES OCHOTANAE; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIURIDAE; SEQUOIA; SEROPREVALENCE; TAMIAS OCHROGENYS; TELEMETRY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCIURIDAE; TELEMETRY; TREES;

ABIES; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BRYOPHYTA; IXODES; IXODES ANGUSTUS; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; IXODIDA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS OCHROGENYS;

EID: 79957840310     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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