Lyme Disease Spirochete-Tick-Host Interactions

Advances in Insect Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 243-296

  Tyson, Katharine R ^a,c   Piesman, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^c SCYNEXIS Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84871424511     PISSN: 00652806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2806(09)37005-8     Document Type: Review

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