Transstadial and intrastadial experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis by male Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 95-105

  Bremer, William G ^a   Schaefer, John J ^a   Wagner, Elizabeth R ^a   Ewing, S A ^b   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Needham, Glen R ^a   Jittapalapong, Sathaporn ^a   Moore, Debra L ^a   Stich, Roger W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis; Ehrlichia canis; Metastriata; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Tick transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; DONOR; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INOCULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMATOCRIT; IXODIDAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444470346     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.030     Document Type: Article

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