Are the specialized bird ticks, Ixodes arboricola and I. frontalis, competent vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato?

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1081-1089

  Heylen, Dieter ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b,d   van Oers, Kees ^c   Fonville, Manoj ^b   Leirs, Herwig ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODIDA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODES; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84898059193     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12332     Document Type: Article

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