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J Med Entomol 1998 Sep;35(5):804-8.

Reservoir competence of the meadow vole (Rodentia: Cricetidae) for the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.

Markowski D, Ginsberg HS, Hyland KE, Hu R

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881-0816, USA.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1577

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes No No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 538 ingestion, vector exposure yes repeated
experimental 11 vector - - -
Exposures Borrelia burgdorferi
Outcomes Carrier State
Lyme Disease
Species Ixodes
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Peromyscus
Locations
United States Rhode Island Block Island (island)
Jamestown, Town of (populated place)
Patience Island (island)
Prudence Island (island)
Shannock (populated place)

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