Competence of the African tortoise tick, Amblyomma marmoreum (Acari: Ixodidae), as a vector of the agent of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 438-441

  Peter, Trevor F ^a   Burridge, Michael J ^a,b   Mahan, Suman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COWDRIA RUMINATIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; HEARTWATER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA MARMOREUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEXAPODA; IXODIDAE; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033933448     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0438:cotatt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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