Isolation and Characterization of Borrelia parkeri in Ornithodoros parkeri (Ixodida: Argasidae) Collected in Colorado

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 665-674

  Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Eggleston, Mary E ^a   Gilmore Jr , Robert D ^a   Dolan, Marc C ^a   Montenieri, John A ^a   Tanda, Dale T ^a,b   Piesman, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Colorado Dept of Hlth and Environ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acarina; Argasidae; Borrelia parkeri; Ornithodoros parkeri; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; FLAGELLIN; OMS66 PROTEIN, BORRELIA; PORIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; COLORADO; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLAGELLIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHODOROS; PORINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0035459746     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.5.665     Document Type: Article

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