Avian hosts of ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) and the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in larvae feeding on the Oregon Junco

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 852-859

  Wright, S A ^a   Tucker, J R ^b   Donohue, A M ^c   Castro, M B ^b   Kelley, K L ^a   Novak, M G ^b   MacEdo, P A ^a  

^a Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c Napa Mosquito Abatement District   (United States)

Author keywords

birds; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes pacificus; lizards; rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; LIZARD; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SONGBIRD; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODES; LARVA; LIZARDS; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SONGBIRDS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; JUNCO HYEMALIS; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; PHASIANIDAE; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960545006     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11001     Document Type: Article

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