Multi-trophic interactions driving the transmission cycle of Borrelia afzelii between Ixodes ricinus and rodents: A review

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Duijvendijk, Gilian ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ecology; Ixodes ricinus; Lifecycle; Myodes; Pathogen transmission; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BORRELIA AFZELII; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; IXODES RICINUS; LARVAL STAGE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIROCHETE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENTIA;

EID: 84950260000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1257-8     Document Type: Review

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