Exposure to borrelia burgdorferi and other tick-borne pathogens in gettysburg national military park, south-central pennsylvania, 2009

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 227-233

  Han, George S ^a,b   Stromdahl, Ellen Y ^c   Wong, David ^d   Weltman, Andre C ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Gettysburg National Military Park; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Tickborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EMPLOYEE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; IXODIDAE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYMPH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84928586437     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1363     Document Type: Article

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