Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi among diverse habitats within a natural area in east-central Illinois

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1351-1358

  Rydzewski, Jennifer ^a   Mateus Pinilla, Nohra ^b   Warner, Richard E ^a   Hamer, Sarah ^c   Weng, Hsin Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Rodents; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80053650465     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0160     Document Type: Article

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