Relationship of Borrelia burgdorferi to its arthropod vectors.
At the IV International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis, a workshop was held to identify the unique development of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in its established and suspected arthropod vectors. The following is a summary of the panel's discussions of research aspects concerning relationship(s) of this borrelia to its vectors, and the mode(s) of its transmission to animal hosts.
Burgdorfer
W
W
Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840.
Anderson
J F
JF
Gern
L
L
Lane
R S
RS
Piesman
J
J
Spielman
A
A
D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000502:physiology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*