Genetic diversity in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from six established populations in Canada

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-150

  Krakowetz, Chantel N ^a   Lindsay, L Robbin ^b   Chilton, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; Geographical origins; Ixodes scapularis; Migratory passerines; Mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LARVA; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANADA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 80052330410     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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