Evaluation of immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice (Mus musculus) for infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and transmission to Amblyomma americanum ticks

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-333

  Loftis, Amanda D ^a   Nicholson, William L ^a   Levin, Michael L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Mice; Mus musculus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RAG1 PROTEIN;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEEDING; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFESTATION; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLTING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TICK; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 12344307383     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2004.4.323     Document Type: Article

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