Transmission Dynamics of Borrelia turicatae from the Arthropod Vector

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Boyle, William K ^a   Wilder, Hannah K ^a   Lawrence, Amanda M ^b   Lopez, Job E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE; TICK; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BLOOD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORNITHODOROS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 84901267548     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002767     Document Type: Article

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