Survey of adult Ixodes scapularis Say for disease agents in Mississippi

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 401-403

  Goltz, Lauren ^a   Varela Stokes, Andrea ^b   Goddard, Jerome ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MISSISSIPPI;

EID: 84887536590     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12056.x     Document Type: Article

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