title: Ability to Ixodes scapularis, Dermacentor variabilis, and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) to acquire, maintain, and transmit Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi).
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piesman
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sinsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001898:Borrelia / Q000502:physiology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000635:transmission*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*