Ecology and Epidemiology of Lyme Borreliosis

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 723-743

  Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a   Frost, Holly M ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Borreliosis; Ecology; Epidemiology; Incidence; Ixodes; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; TICK; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SEASONS; TICKS;

EID: 84947418365     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2015.08.003     Document Type: Review

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