Acquisition and subsequent transmission of borrelia hermsii by the soft tick ornithodoros hermsi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 891-895

  Lopez, Job E ^a   McCoy, Brandi N ^a   Krajacich, Benjamin J ^a   Schwan, Tom G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisition; Borrelia hermsii; Ornithodoros hermsi; relapsing fever spirochetes; transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BLOOD; BORRELIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICE; NYMPH; ORNITHODOROS; RELAPSING FEVER;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA HERMSII; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODOROS HERMSI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 79960513736     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10283     Document Type: Article

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