Transovarial transmission of Borrelia spirochetes by Ixodes scapularis: A summary of the literature and recent observations

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Rollend, Lindsay ^a   Fish, Durland ^a   Childs, James E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia miyamotoi; Ixodes scapularis; Ticks; Transovarial transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IXODES; LARVA; OVARY;

ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84872597598     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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