Differential tick burdens may explain differential borrelia afzelii and borrelia garinii infection rates among four, wild, rodent species in Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 785-790

  Taylor, Kyle R ^a   Takano, Ai ^b   Konnai, Satoru ^a   Shimozuru, Michito ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^b   Tsubota, Toshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ixodes; Vector borne; Wild rodents; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879556843     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0439     Document Type: Article

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