Attempted transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis among white-tailed deer by Amblyomma maculatum

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 592-594

  Kocan, A Alan ^a   Ewing, S A ^a   Stallknecht, David ^b   Murphy, George L ^a   Little, Susan ^b   Whitworth, Lisa C ^a   Barker, R W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Experimental infection; Gulf coast tick; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTHROPODA; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RICKETTSIALES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DEER; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICKS;

EID: 0034221110     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.3.592     Document Type: Article

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