Prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi and anaplasma phagocytophilum in ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs collected in managed red pine forests in Wisconsin

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 694-701

  Lee, Xia ^a   Coyle, David R ^a,b   Johnson, Diep K Hoang ^c   Murphy, Matthew W ^d   McGeehin, Michael A ^d   Murphy, Robert J ^e   Raffa, Kenneth F ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum variant 1; Anaplasmosis; Blacklegged tick; Coinfection; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIOSIS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84899893973     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13140     Document Type: Article

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