Range expansion of the tick Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum, an Australian vector of Q fever

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 791-793

  McDiarmid, Louise ^a   Petney, Trevor ^a   Dixon, Bruce ^a   Andrews, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblyomma triguttatum; Distribution; Q fever; Range expansion; Tick

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

DISEASE VECTOR; RANGE EXPANSION; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TICKS;

AUSTRALIA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TRIGUTTATUM TRIGUTTATUM; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETTI;

EID: 0034210678     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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