Lethal effect of Rickettsia rickettsii on its tick vector (Dermacentor andersoni)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 773-778

  Niebylski, Mark L ^a   Peacock, Mort G ^a   Schwan, Tom G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; TICK;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUINEA PIG; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VERO CELL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIALES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033043671     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.773-778.1999     Document Type: Article

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