Impact of white-tailed deer on the spread of Borrelia burgdorferi

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-5

  Roome, A ^a   Hill, L ^a,b   Al Feghali, V ^a,c   Murnock, C G ^a,d   Goodsell, J A ^a,e   Spathis, R ^a   Garruto, R M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BANNER HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

black legged tick; Ixodes scapularis; Odocoileus virginianus; upstate New York; zooprophylactic effect

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TICK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WHITE TAILED DEER; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW YORK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

BROOME COUNTY; CHENANGO COUNTY; HUDSON VALLEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARTIODACTYLA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CERVIDAE; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NEW YORK; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84994881433     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12191     Document Type: Article

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