Serologic evidence for Borrelia hermsii Infection in rodents on federally owned recreational areas in California

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 376-381

  Fritz, Curtis L ^a   Payne, Jessica R ^a,c   Schwan, Tom G ^b  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia hermsii; Rodentia; Tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CRICETIDAE; HUMAN; NEOTOMA; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SEROPREVALENCE; TAMIAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; ORNITHODOROS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; RELAPSING FEVER; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ARGASIDAE; BORRELIA HERMSII; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS HERMSI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES; TAMIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878585631     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1137     Document Type: Article

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