Serum antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti in recaptured white-footed mice

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-302

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Williams, Scott C ^a   Norris, Steven J ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^c  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Antibodies; Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi; Peromyscus leucopus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PIROPLASMOSIS; RODENT DISEASE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONNECTICUT; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 84876049861     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-06-172     Document Type: Article

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