Comparison of tick feeding success and vector competence for borrelia burgdorferi among immature ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) of Both Southern and Northern Clades

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-85

  Goddard, Jerome ^a   Embers, Monica ^b   Hojgaard, Andrias ^c   Piesman, Joseph ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding success; Immatures; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MUS; RODENTIA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPA; TIME; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONNECTICUT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; LARVA; LOUISIANA; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MISSISSIPPI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923372101     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tju005     Document Type: Article

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