Ectoparasites of gray squirrels in two different habitats and screening of selected ectoparasites for Bartonellae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-489

  Durden, Lance A ^a   Ellis, Barbara A ^a,b   Banks, Craig W ^a   Crowe, John D ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST; PARASITISM; SMALL MAMMAL; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; ANDROLAELAPS FAHRENHOLZI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECTOPARASITE; FAUNA; FLEA; FOREST; INFESTATION; LOUSE; MITE; NONHUMAN; ORCHOPEAS HOWARDI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SPECIES HABITAT; SQUIRREL; TICK; TROMBICULIDAE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPLURA; BARTONELLACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANDROLAELAPS; BARTONELLA SP.; CAROLINENSIS; IXODIDA; ORCHOPEAS HOWARDI; PHTHIRAPTERA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TROMBICULIDAE;

DNA;

ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BARTONELLACEAE; BARTONELLACEAE INFECTIONS; DNA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FLEAS; GEORGIA; MITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; TICKS; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 3142699746     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3299     Document Type: Article

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