Transmission of the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis by Host-Seeking Ixodus scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Southern New York State

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-382

  Des Vignes, Franka ^a   Fish, Durland ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; MICE; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031180919     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.4.379     Document Type: Article

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