Tick-borne zoonoses in the United States: Persistent and emerging threats to human health

ILAR Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 319-335

  Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Kugeler, Kiersten J ^a   Eisen, Lars ^a   Beard, Charles B ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Anaplasma; Borrelia; Dermacentor; Ehrlichia; Francisella; Ixodes; Rhipicephalus; Rickettsia; Tick borne virus

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK VECTOR; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85045473822     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: 19306180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilx005     Document Type: Article

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