Estimating Lyme disease risk using pet dogs as sentinels

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-167

  Smith, Faith D ^a   Ballantyne, Rachel ^b   Morgan, Eric R ^a   Wall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Dogs; Great Britain; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme disease; Sentinels; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL EVENT; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DOGS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TICKS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84857057110     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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