Distribution of ticks and prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi in the upper connecticut river valley of vermont

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-204

  Serra, Abigail C ^a   Warden, Paul S ^b   Fricker, Colin R ^b   Giese, Alan R ^a  

^a LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Analytical Services Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84876552030     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.020.0116     Document Type: Article

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