Ixodes ricinus is not an epidemiologically relevant vector of Bartonella species in the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 366-371

  Harrison, Alan ^a   Bown, Kevin J ^b   Montgomery, W Ian ^a   Birtles, Richard J ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Epidemiology; Ixodes; Ticks; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; IXODES; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURINAE; NORTHERN IRELAND; RISK FACTORS;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; CERVIDAE; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84861060768     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0807     Document Type: Article

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