Distribution of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaeceae) in Amblyomma americanum in Southern Indiana and prevalence of E. chaffeensis - Reactive antibodies in white-tailed deer in Indiana and Ohio in 1998

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 595-600

  Irving, R P ^a   Pinger, R R ^a   Vann, C N ^a   Olesen, J B ^a   Steiner, F E ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Human monocytic ehrlichiosis; Indirect immunofluorescence assay; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DEER; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INDIANA; OHIO; PREVALENCE; TICKS;

EID: 0034222681     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.595     Document Type: Article

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