Failure of ticks to transmit Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (Deuteromycota), a common filamentous fungal commensal of ticks

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-387

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Benoit, Joshua B ^a   Rellinger, Eric J ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^a,b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis; Tick; Transmission; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM GLABRUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 19444367965     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.3.383     Document Type: Article

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