Experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) by Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 277-288

  Johnson, E M ^a   Ewing, S A ^a   Barker, R W ^a   Fox, J C ^a   Crow, D W ^a   Kocan, K M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine ehrlichiosis; Dermacentor variabilis; Ehrlichia canis; Ticks; Transstadial transmission; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; EYE INFECTION; FEVER; IXODES; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; KETAMINE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; NYMPH; PLATELET COUNT; XYLAZINE;

ACARI; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032583768     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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