Developmental Studies of Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in Male Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) Infected as Adults by Using Nonradioactive in Situ Hybridization and Microscopy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 911-920

  Ge, Nie Lin ^a   Kocan, Katherine M ^a   Blouin, Edmour F ^a   Murphy, George L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Dermacentor andersoni; DNA probe; In situ hybridization; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; IXODIDAE; MALPIGHIA; RICKETTSIALES;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DERMACENTOR; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RABBIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DERMACENTOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RABBITS;

EID: 0030281229     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.6.911     Document Type: Article

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