Detection of the agents of human ehrlichioses in ixodid ticks from California

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-65

  Kramer, Vicki L ^a   Randolph, Mark P ^c   Hui, Lucia T ^b   Irwin, William E ^c   Gutierrez, Anthony G ^c   Vugia, Duc J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c US Army Ctr Hlth Prom Prev M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RURAL AREA; SUPERINFECTION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HEXAPODA; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032952978     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.62     Document Type: Article

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