Search for blood or water is influenced by Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Herrmann, Coralie ^a   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes ticks; Phenotypic traits modification; Vector manipulation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

WATER;

ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IXODES; WATER;

EID: 84930003540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0526-2     Document Type: Review

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