Detection of rickettsia, Borrelia, and Bartonella in Carios kelleyi (Acari: Argasidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-480

  Loftis, Amanda D ^a   Gill, James S ^a,b   Schriefer, Martin E ^a,c   Levin, Michael L ^a   Eremeeva, Marina E ^a   Gilchrist, M J R ^a,b   Dasch, Gregory A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Argasid; Bartonella; Borrelia; Carios kelleyi; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARGASID; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA TURICATAE; CARIOS; COXIELLA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 19444362755     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.3.473     Document Type: Article

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