Infection of aquatic insects with trematode metacercariae carrying Ehrlichia risticii, the cause of potomac horse fever

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 619-625

  Chae, Joon Seok ^a,b   Pusterla, Nicola ^b   Johnson, Eileen ^b   Derock, Elfriede ^b   Lawler, Sharon P ^b   Madigan, John E ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect host; Ehrlichia risticii; Potomac horse fever; Trematode vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; P50 PROTEIN, EHRLICHIA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GROEL PROTEIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECTS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0034219159     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.619     Document Type: Article

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