Novel Ehrlichia organism (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) in white-tailed deer associated with lone star tick (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitism

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-194

  Brandsma, Anneke R ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Lockhart, J Mitchell ^a   Dayidson, William R ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a   Dawson, Jacqueline E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia; Epidemiology; Odocoileus virginianus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTHROPODA; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RICKETTSIALES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; TICKS;

EID: 0033094626     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.190     Document Type: Article

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