Borrelia burgdorferi not detected in widespread Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from white-tailed deer in Tennessee

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1473-1480

  Rosen, M E ^a,b   Hamer, S A ^c,d   Gerhardt, R R ^a   Jones, C J ^a   Muller, L I ^a   Scott, M C ^a   Hickling, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tennessee

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; TENNESSEE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84869766501     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11255     Document Type: Article

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