Rickettsia peacockii sp. nov., a new species infecting wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, in western Montana

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 446-452

  Niebylski, Mark L ^a   Schrumpf, Merry E ^a   Burgdorfer, Willy ^a   Fischer, Elizabeth R ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a,b   Schwan, Tom G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK; UNITED STATES;

DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII;

EID: 0031000145     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-446     Document Type: Article

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