Site-Specific Geographic Association between Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Infestations and Ehrlichia chaffeensis-Reactive (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) Antibodies in White-Tailed Deer

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Lockhart, J Mitchell ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Epidemiology; Serology; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RICKETTSIALES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0029678233     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.153     Document Type: Article

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